- Names of Months.
The names of the months of the Hebrew calendar are:
- Abib or Nisan
(
Exodus 12:2-37 ;Exodus 13:4 ;Nehemiah 2:1 ;Esther 3:7 ); - Iyar or Zif
(
1 Kings 6:1 ); - Sivan
(
Esther 8:9 ); - Tammuz
(
Ezekiel 8:14 ); - Ab;
- Elul
(
Nehemiah 6:15 ); - Ethanim or Tishri
(
1 Kings 8:2 ); - Marchesvan or Bul
(
1 Kings 6:38 ); - Chisleu
(
Zechariah 7:1 ); - Tebeth
(
Esther 2:16 ); - Sebat
(
Zechariah 1:7 ); - Adar
(
Esther 3:7 ).
- Abib or Nisan
(
- Important fact—Events in the seventh month.
The seventh month of the year was distinguished by,
- the feast of trumpets
(
Numbers 29:1-6 ), - the day of atonement
(
Leviticus 23:26-32 ), - the feast of tabernacles
(
Leviticus 23:34-44 ), - and every fiftieth year the jubilee began in this month
(
Leviticus 25:1-17 ).
- the feast of trumpets
(
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Johnson, Ashley S. "Hebrew Calendar," Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia. Blue Letter Bible. 1 Jul 2002. .
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