2009 Biblical Calendar How-to's
By Jolene Bowen
Harrold’s - BIBLICAL RECKONING OF THE DAY-WEEK-MONTH-YEAR
Reckoning of the day
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Gen 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Gen 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Lev 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Hmmm, if Shabbat runs from even to even, all other days must also run from even to even. Whoa, Nelly, what could “even to even” possibly mean?
In Deuteronomy 2l:23, a dead body is not allowed to remain hanging overnight, but is to be taken down ‘the same day’, so that the land does not become defiled. A new day began at even, dark, and the bodies were to be removed before that time.
Deu 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
Deu 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. [wonderful type and shadow of Yeshua]
Now let’s look at Joshua’s actions to glean from them what Joshua considered to be even.
Jos 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down (vmv sheh'-mesh), Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Jos 10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
Jos 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
Jos 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun(vmv sheh'-mesh), that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
In each case, the dead were removed from the trees at the going down of the sun and disposed of. (The word rendered sunset is shemesh meaning "the brilliance" in verses 8:29 and 10:27) This would have taken some time and makes it clear that it was not the sunset or the going down of the sun that Joshua was concerned about, but the approaching dark. This fulfilled the principle in Deuteronomy that they were to be removed and buried on the same day. The going down of the sun is construed as being the same day until darkness!!
Nehemiah, that seldom heard of and largely unknown man, clears up any remaining fog.
Nehemiah 13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. ( KJV)
Nehemiah 13:19 describes a period prior to Sabbath when it began to be dark. Shooore does sound like ,dusk, twilight, beginning of darkness to me. The Sabbath, as described by Nehemiah, began at darkness!!!
Lets
examine some
Internationally agreed upon terms and see if we can see one that fits Nehemiahs
description.
1) Civil twilight is defined to begin in the morning, and to end in the evening when the center of the Sun is geometrically 6 degrees below the horizon. This is the limit at which twilight illumination is sufficient, under good weather conditions, for terrestrial objects to be clearly distinguished. (Sounds like the time before Sabbath began that Nehemiah commanded the gates to be shut)
2) Nautical twilight is defined to begin in the morning, and to end in the evening, when the center of the sun is geometrically 12 degrees below the horizon. In the absence of other illumination, detailed outdoor operations are not possible, and the horizon is indistinct. (By jings, sonny, this sounds like the real thing, Nautical Twilight just might be it!!!!)
3) Astronomical twilight is defined to begin in the morning, and to end in the evening when the center of the Sun is geometrically 18 degrees below the horizon. For a considerable interval after the beginning of morning twilight and before the end of evening twilight, sky illumination is so faint that it is practically imperceptible. (Nehemiah would probably have declared the Sabbath to have already began, sounds plum dark.)
Nautical Twilight best fits Nehemiah’s description, and for those who like to split hairs, now you can go to the Naval Observatory web page and have at it with table after table of numbers.
Reckoning of the Week
The Hebrew word
h[bc sheb-oo-aw' is rendered WEEK.
Brown-Driver-Briggs tells us it means seven or the counting of seven. The simple counting of seven days from even to even constitutes the week.
Reckoning of the Month
Psa 81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed (hskb ba-keh-seh), on our solemn feast day. KJV
hsk keh-seh
H3680 is root word of hskb
H3680 BDB Definition: 1) to cover, conceal, hide
(word will be emboldened and underscored):
Gen 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Gen 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Gen 37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
What does adding b at the beginning of a word do?
It is a prepositional prefix meaning in
or at.
Does hskb ba-keh-seh mean revealed moon or concealed moon (conjunction)? Obviously it means concealed at conjunction. Hmmm, if the day begins in/at darkness, and the month begins in/at darkness, could any other important events begin in/at darkness?
Astronomical new moon is conjunction, that second of time when the Earth, Moon and the Sun are all aligned in the same plane. Gee willikers, you mean there’s not narry a verse in the whole bible about sightin’ a crescent? NOPE, not one!
Please read 1 Samuel chapter 20 and figure if David could have possibly already sighted a crescent. Please also do not think that the people of this era could not calculate conjunction. Calculating conjunction is simple and can be done accurately by crude means if care is exercised.
Reckoning of the Year
Gen 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Each year has two seasons: cold & heat, seedtime & harvest, summer & winter. In our verses under study, they are marked as the years end and the return of the year.
Num 9:2 Also the sons of Israel shall prepare the Passover in its appointed season. LITV
Is it possible that Tabernacles has an appointed season?
Ex 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. (Tequphah)
Exo 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.
Deu 16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: KJV
Deu 16:13 You shall keep the Feast of Tabernacles seven days after you have gathered in from your threshingfloor, and from your winepress. LITV
Deu 16:13 "You are to celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days when you have gathered in everything from your threshing floor and winepress. HCSB
Deu 16:13 "Perform the Festival of Booths for seven days after the ingathering from your threshing-floor and from your winepress, TS98
Should Tabernacles be before the
Tequphah, during the Tequphah, or after the Tequphah? What is the Tequphah? Whew, more
questions flying around here than carter had liver pills!
1Ki 20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year (teshuvh shaneh) the king of Syria will come up against thee.
1Ki 20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year (teshuvah shaneh), that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
What is the teshubah shaneh,
return of the year?
THE EQUINOX CONTROLS THE YEAR, BY OBSERVING THE EQUINOXES WE ENSURE THE FEASTS IN THEIR RIGHT SEASON
The
return of the year is the spring equinox, the Teshuvah Shaneh!
The years end is the fall equinox, the Tequphah!
According to Deut.16:13, if we start our
count prematurely in the spring, we might encroach on the grape harvest in the
fall. In other words, the grape harvest might not be
over. Was this the case in 2007
How is a modern Jewish calendar calculated?
First, the MOLAD of Tishri
is calculated. (Molad means rebirth
and Tishri is the seventh month. This
is considered the beginning of the year.
Then the Rules of
Postponement are applied:
Rule 1. Trumpets cannot fall on Sunday, Wednesday or Friday. If so, postpone one day.
Rule 2. If the molad falls at noon or later, postpone one day. If the next day is Sunday, Wednesday or Friday, then postpone one more day.
Rule 3. In the Common Year, if the Molad falls at D3 9H 204P or later (Tuesday 204P after 3 a.m. or later) Postpone Trumpets to Thursday.
Rule 4. In the Common Year after a leap year only, if the Molad falls on D2 15H 589P or later (i.e. Monday 589P after 9 a.m.) Postpone Trumpets to Tuesday.
On a Jewish Calendar Passover must be
set to fall within the required number of days from Tishri.
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We must also remember the following verses regarding our use of the
heavenly lights as we calculate our Biblical Calendar…
Gen 1:14 And
Elohim said, Let there be lights in the raki'a of the heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for otot (signs), and for mo'adim (seasons), and
for yamim (days), and shanim (years);
Gen 1:15 And let
them be for lights in the raki'a (firmament in the KJV) of the heaven to
give light upon the earth; and it was so.
Gen 1:16 And
Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night; He made the kokhavim (stars) also.
Gen 1:17 And
Elohim set them in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Gen 1:18 And to
rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness;
and Elohim saw that it was tov.
Gen 1:19 And the
erev and the boker were Yom Revi'i (Day Four, the Fourth Day).
OJB
Yahweh
placed the sun and the moon in the heaven’s so that we can know when the two
seasons begin and end.
Man
cannot tamper with these celestial bodies – this is Yahweh’s time clock for
all eternity!!
