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Condensed Biblical Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar
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
).