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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 29, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 47.

3297.— The Bible Months

By Editor

Will you please give the ancient months?

The Jewish sacred year began with Abib, or Nisan (Ex. 12:2; 13:4; Esther 3:7); the second month, Zif (1 Kings 6:1); the third month, Sivan (Esther 8:9); the fourth month, Tammuz, named from the sun god (Eze. 8:14); the fifth month, Ab (Ezra 7:7, 8); the sixth month, Elul (Neh. 6:15); the seventh month, Tisri, or Ethanim (1 Kings 8:2); the eighth month, Bul (1 Kings 6:38); the ninth month, Chisleu (Neh. 1:1); the tenth month, Tebeth (Esther 2:16); the eleventh month, Sebat (Zech. 1:7); the twelfth month, Adar (Esther 3:7). These, beginning with April, followed the year around, the second month corresponding with May, the third month with June, etc. These do not exactly correspond with our English months, but nearly so. The Jewish civil year began with the seventh month, Tisri; the second month, Bul; and so on. Any good Bible dictionary will give a table of the Jewish months in correspondence with ours.