THE HEBREW CALENDAR 7 - 9

0. Introduction

a) A Hebrew month began in the middle of a month on our calendar today. Crops are planted in November and December and harvested in March and April.

Month 7: Tishri (Ethanim)

a) Today's calendar

i) September - October

b) Bible reference: 1 Kings 8:2

i) ² Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month. (1 Kings 8:2 NKJV)

c) Israel's holidays

i) Trumpets (Numbers 29:1)

@1. ‘And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets. (Numbers 29:1 NKJV)

ii) Trumpets (Leviticus 23:24)

@1.  ²⁴ “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. (Leviticus 23:4 NKJV)

iii) Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:27)

@1. ²⁷ “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. (Leviticus 23:27 NKJV)

iv) Tabernacles - Booths (Leviticus 23:34)

@1. ³⁴ “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord. (Leviticus 23:34 NKJV)

Month 8: Marcheshvan (Bul)

a) Today's calendar

i) October - November

b) Bible reference: 1 Kings 6:38

i) ³⁸ And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. (1 Kings 6:38 NKJV)

c) Israel's holidays

i) None

Month 9: Chislev

a) Today's calendar

i) November - December

b) Bible reference: Nehemiah 1:1

i) The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel. (Nehemiah 1:1 NKJV)

c) Israel's holidays

i) Dedication (John 10:22)

@1. ²² Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. (John 10:22 NKJV)