Something as simple as what defines a 'day'
has not been spared from the wicked arrows of confusion. There is a wave of
different opinions within the flock. As some claim a day is defined as one
twenty-four hour period. While others state a day consist of only twelve hours.
Ask a Lunar Sabbitarian and you could possibly get told one day consists of 72
hours. For the Lunar Sabbitarians to defend the erroneous teaching of their
doctrine they have to give account for those 'so called' extra days that occur
a couple times in each year. So they just lump them up into one very long day!
Yes, it is true that a yom can be a space of time. However, a day all of a
sudden doesn't equal three days!
 What actually constitutes a day? In
order to know the answer of how many hours are in a day, we first need to
properly understand what a day really is, not to mention what exactly defines a day,
Strong's Hebrew Dictionary #H3117- yom: "to
be hot, a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset,
or from one sunset to the
next, or figuratively a space of time."
The day talked about in Bereshith
(Genesis) chapter one can be one of two different sorts. This same approach is
with all of the other occurrences of the word, yom (day). Day is a space of
time that can be from sunrise to sunset. We would call this the daytime (12
hours). A full day would consist of sunset to sunset/sunrise to sunrise (24
hours). If we look back at the demonstration of Evening to Morning (on page 8) we get a good idea of
what type of day (yom) it is. Here is a chart to further help: 
Viewing this chart diagrams the
creation day (yom) cycle. First there was darkness, then Elohim
created light. He then separated the light from the darkness, called light
'day', darkness 'night'. Evening to Morning thus became the first day. He then
created an expanse to separate the heavens (shamayim). Evening to Morning, were
the second day. Elohim said for the waters under the expanse of the heavens to
separate and to let dry land appear. He called the dry land 'earth' and the
collection of waters He called 'seas'. Evening to Morning, were the third day.
This pattern continues throughout the entire creation week.
 One evening
(a 12 hour pace of time) plus one morning
(a twelve hour space of time) equals a single day (yom). The hours of darkness,
called
evening, began first; the
hours of daylight, called morning, came second making up a total of 24 hours.
What about the time frame between Morning and
Evening? Of course this is when Elohim did the creating. The question mark between the arrows
represents the day. This is the time of the day when there is light. Yahuwah
called light 'day'. And thus, this is the 'day' being talked about in creation.
Evening to morning, the first day-LIGHT. Evening to morning, the second day-LIGHT.
Evening to morning, the third day-LIGHT. The most plausible
type of 'day' that the time between the morning and evening is sunrise to
sunset. However, this does not mean that a full day is only 12 hours because
Yahushua said there are 12 hours of day-LIGHT:
"Yahushua
answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the dayG2250?" -Yohanan
(John) 11:9
Notice Yahushua did not say twelve hours were
in a full day or in a day as some would have us believe. What He said was that
there were 12 hours
in the day|light. To fully illustrate this, Strong's Dictionary
#G2250: ἡμέρα hēmera (hay-mer'-ah) in the
above verse means, "day, that is, (literally) the time space
between dawn and dark".
To expound even more, according to
Thayer's Bible Dictionary #G2250: ἡμέρα hēmera (hay-mer'-ah) means "the
interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and
contrasted with the night".
To further show that one day consists of two
twelve hour intervals let us review the following verses concerning Yahushua's birth:
 "And it came
to be, that while they were there, the days were filled for her to give birth.
And she gave birth to her first-born Son, and wrapped Him up, and laid Him down
in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in a lodging place. And
in the same country there were shepherds living out in the fields, keeping
watch over their flock by night. And look, a
messenger of Yahuwah stood before them, and the esteem of Yahuwah shone around
them, and they were greatly afraid. And the messenger said to them, "do not be
afraid, for look, I bring you good news of great joy which shall be to all
people." Because there was born to you today in the city of Dawid a
Saviour, who is Messiah, the Master. And this is the sign to you: You shall find a baby wrapped up, lying in a
feeding trough." And suddenly there was with the messenger a crowd of the
heavenly host praising Elohim and saying "Esteem to Elohim in the highest, and
on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased!" And it came to be, when the
messengers had gone away from them into the heaven that the shepherds said to
each other, "Indeed, let us go to Bĕyth Leḥem and see this matter that has taken place, which the Master has
made known to us." And they came in
haste and found Miryam and Yosĕph, and the baby lying in a
feeding trough. And having seen, they
made known the matter which was spoken to them concerning the child." -Luke 2:6-17
Notice how the day portion was part of the
night period? Searching further we find more Scriptural proof to indicate that
a day makes up a night and a light
portion:
"And Yahushua
said to him, "Truly, I say to you that
today, this night, before the
cock shall crow twice, you shall deny Me three times." -Mark 14:30
 Another good example proves a full day
consists of day-light and night-time can be found in the great book of 2 Kings:
"So
at twilight [just before
complete darkness] they rose up to go to the camp of the Arameans. And when
they had come to the outskirts of the Aramean camp, look, no one was there. For
Yahuwah had caused the army of the Arameans to hear the noise of chariots and
the noise of horses, the noise of a great army, and they said to each other, "Look, the sovereign of Yisra'el has hired against us the sovereigns of the
Hittites and the sovereigns of the Egyptians (Mitsrians) to come against us!"
So they rose up and fled at twilight [just before complete darkness] and left the camp
as it is - their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys-and they fled for
their lives. And when these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they went
into one tent and ate and drank, and took from there silver and gold and
garments, and went and hid them. And they came back and went into another tent,
and took from there and went and hid it. Then they said to each other, "We are
not doing right. This day is a day of good news,
and we are keeping silent. And if we wait until morning light, then evil shall come upon us. And now, come
let us go and inform the house of the sovereign." And they came and called to
the gatekeepers of the city, and informed them, saying, "We went to the camp of
Aram, and look, there is not a man or a voice of man, only horses tied and
donkeys tied, and the tents as they were." And the gatekeepers called, and they
informed the house of the sovereign inside. So the sovereign rose up in the night and said to his servants, "Let me now inform you want the Arameans have
done to us. They know that we are starving, so they have gone out of the camp
to hide themselves in the field, saying, "When they come out of the city. We
shall catch them alive and enter into the city." -2 Melakim (2 Kings) 7:5-12
This took
place during the twilight hours, right when it was getting dark. These lepers
had the entire camp to themselves. They spent time going from tent to tent
searching through the belongings and then they went and hid the plunder. They
did this a second time. After the second time they then thought to inform the
Sovereign. They said, "This day is a day of good news" and they thought if they waited until the morning light evil would come upon them. So off
they went to inform the gatekeepers, who in return, informed the house that
then told the King. Now by the time the King got wind of this it say, "he
rose up in the night".
Please review
the chart to get a better visualization of the event:
Click on image for larger view
Clearly, a full day is made up of night-time along with a day-light time.
Remember all of these instances were
spoken at night and yet they were referred to as 'day'. Obviously the night
portion is also part of the day. Therefore, to claim that a full day is only
twelve hours is contrary to the written word of Yahuwah!
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