Biblical Calendar Principles
BIBLICAL CALENDAR PRINCIPLES
- The luni-solar calendar uses the phases of the moon for time measurement. (Gen. 1:14; Lev. 23; Ps. 104:19.)
- Months began the day after the first visible crescent moon was observed in the western sky after sunset.
- Months had either 29 or 30 days.
- If no crescent was seen, the next month started the day following the 30th.
- The first day of the month was a worship day called New Moon. (Ez. 46:1-3; II Kings 4:23; Amos 8:5.)
- Six working days followed the New Moon.
- The Sabbath always fell on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th of each month.
- The year had either 12 months (common) or 13 months (embolismic.)
- Each year had six 29-day months and six 30-day months.
- The start of the new year was tied to the barley harvest, not the spring equinox.
- The barley harvest ripened in the lunation that had a paschal full moon between the Julian/Gregorian dates of April 8 and May 6.
- Allowing the barley harvest to reconcile the lunar year to the solar year, the years fell naturally into a 19-year cycle aligning the lunar year to the solar.
- There were never more than two common years in a row before an embolismic (leap) year.
- There were never two embolismic years in a row.
- In the 19-year cycle, there were seven embolismic years.
- The day began at dawn. (Matt. 28:1.)
- "Even" was from noon until sunset.
- Dark until dawn was night and counted as part of the previous day.
- The luni-solar calendar used during Bible times is the calendar that will be used throughout eternity. (See Isaiah 66:23.)
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