Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Put A Bible On The Moon

The Times Of Israel reports:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Thursday for a printed Bible to be carried to the moon by the next Israeli spacecraft to make the journey, and credited Judaism’s foundational text for the “daring” and “spirit” Israelis demonstrate in the attempt. Speaking at the International Bible Quiz for Youth, the prime minister vowed to send a second spacecraft after the first, dubbed “Beresheet” (Genesis), crashed onto the lunar surface on April 11 due to complications resulting from a gyroscope failure.

Noting that the lander carried a digital copy of the Bible, he announced, “That’s not enough. We’re going to send the spacecraft again, and it’s very likely it will be carrying a small [printed] Bible. I want the Bible to land on the moon, because it is written [in Psalms 8:4], ‘When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have established.’ The State of Israel will reach the moon.”