Ijust posted a new listing for my one-week time share at the Westin St. John. I wrote that it was for six nights (arrive Saturday, depart Saturday). When I was viewing other people's descriptions of their weeks, they listed seven nights for a one week period. Obviously, my "six" night fee computation looks like its considerably more expensive. What is the protocol?
7 NIGHTS is correct. Lets see, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur,Fri = 7 NIGHTS. DAYS is the question, if your check-in is 4pm Sat and your check-out is the following Sat morning, you didn't really get a full 24 HOURS for Sat. Some would call it 8 DAYS since it actually includes a portion of 2 different Saturdays. I would think counting nights is clear. In contracts with customers i reference CHECK-IN DATE and how many NIGHTS. If mentioning the final date emphisize CHECKING-OUT & TIME so there is no misunderstanding that they have the rental for anything more than that final morning. I hope this is helpful to you.
As already pointed out above, the two Saturday DAYS are not "whole" days of "occupancy", since one usually cannot check-in much before about 3 p.m. on the arrival day, and you must check out by 10 a.m. or so on the departure day, but it's still 7 nights of lodging, no matter how you choose to see it or dissect it.
An executive woman flies with her fianc for seven days of hollyday in Tahiti. The last step to the atoll is flown with a DHC-2 Beaver. But just arrived, Robin must go back and Quinn takes off by night. But suddenly they faced a storm.
1 Samuel 30:12 KJV - And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, andtwo clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came againto him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days andthree nights.
It's been said that any portion of a Day is reckoned as a whole Day. Just like for Jesus' duration in the grave, some argue that he did not have to remain in the grave for the duration of 72 hours. Thus, three days and three nights is not a literal expression. Does this same notion apply to other passages that specify X days and X nights?
As noted in the question, the word "day" in the Bible can have ambiguous meaning. It is applied both to the daylight portion of a "day", as well as to the entirety of a day. Whenever hours are referenced, the word "day" will be limited to the 12 daylight hours. But in a case where the word "day" could be taken two ways and the context is insufficient to make the meaning plain, the usage of "days" and "nights," referring to a day's daylight and nighttime portions, is common to clear up any possible ambiguity with reference to the full span of the time.
There is no case of this usage of "day" and "night" or, as in Daniel, "evening" and "morning," where the expression could be reasonably understood to not include a portion of that which is explicitly specified. In other words, if the Bible says "three days and three nights," it means it.
In the case of Jesus, the "sign of Jonas" that Jesus would give is not assigned to the time of his death. Nothing in that prophecy indicates that it applies to death. What the prophecy says is "heart of the earth." Many have misapplied this to the grave--but did Jonah die in the belly of the whale? In fact, it applies to being under the direct control of the kingdom of Rome (kingdoms are represented as beasts in prophecy, of which the whale is one), beginning with Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, and ending with the dispersal of the Roman guard from the tomb when the angel came to resurrect Jesus.
One should be careful not to assume the Bible means something different from what it says just because one finds no good application or explanation for it. It is much better to accept it as it reads, then look for the reason(s) it reads in such a peculiar manner as may be observed. The Biblical specification of "days" and "nights" is almost always an indication of a prophetic time. The prophetic significance will be applied to a fairly precise time period, and rounding should never be assumed for time prophecies.
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