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Calendar

CALENDAR

Months of civil calendar reckoning from day one of creation.

|          Babylonian names of months (adopted by Hebrews after captivity).

|          |            Months of religious calendar reckoning from Exodus 12:2.*

|         |              |                Ancient Hebrew names (found in Old Testament).

|         |              |                |              Names of months on today's calendar.

|         |              |                |             |                                                                        Jewish Feasts

|          |               |                 |            March

7--Nisan-------1--------Abib--------------------------14th: Passover (Ex.12:6).  15th-21st:Unleavened Bread (Pesach)                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                 1st Sunday after Sabbath during Unleavened Bread: Firstfruits                        

                                                 April

8--Iyar----------2--------Ziv---------------------------

                                                   May

9--Sivan--------3----------------------------------------50 days after Firstfruits:Pentecost (Lev.23:15-21) (Shavuot).

                                                   June

10-Tammuz----4-----------------------------------------

                                                   July

11--Ab---------5------------------------------------------

                                                August

12--Elul---------6------------------------------------------

                                                 September    

                                                                                  1st: Trumpets/New Year (Lev.23:23-25) (Rosh Hashanah).

1--Tishri-------7------------Ethanim-------------------10th: Day of Atonement (Lev. 16:29-30)  (Yom Kippur).

                                                                                  15th--21st: Tabernacles (Neh. 8) (Sukkot).

                                                 October

2--Heshvan---8-------------Bul------------------------

                                                 November

3--Kislev------9------------------------------------------22nd--25th: Dedication/Lights (John 10:22) (Chanukkah).

                                                  December

4--Tebet-------10-----------------------------------------

                                                  January

5--Shebat-----11-----------------------------------------

                                                  February

6--Adar--------12----------------------------------------14th--15th: Purim (Esther 9:26-28).

* ". . . the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron . . . This month shall be unto you the

beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you." (Exodus 12:2).

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"The Hebrew year is based on the moon, and normally consists of 12 months . . . The months are alternately 30 and 29 days long.  Seven times during every 19-year period, an embolismic or extra 29-day month is inserted between Adar and Nisan.  The extra month is called Veadar.  At that time, Adar is given 30 days instead of 29."                                    [World Book Encyclopedia  (1985), under "Calendar"]

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Concordance of Names of Months in the Bible:

Abib     Exodus 13:4 ;23:15 ; 34:18.            Bul    I Kings 6:38                       Tebet      Esther 2:16                Deuteronomy 16:1; 6:37                              Elul     Nehemiah 6:1                     Ziv         I Kings 6:1  

                                                                      Ethanim       I Kings 8:2

Adar      Ezra 6:15

               Esther 3:7                                       Nisan         Nehemiah 2:1

                            3:13                                                         Esther 3:7

                            8:12

                            9:1                                     Shebat         Zechariah 1:7

                            9:15

                            9:17                                   Sivan            Esther 8:9

                           9:21

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