Hebrew Calendar
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Hebrew Calendar
- 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 ).
- 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 ).