The Lunar Sabbath Uncovered
There are few topics more debated than the subject of how to calculate our Creator’s calendar. In this teaching we examine the doctrine of the Lunar Sabbath. We test it to the Word and present much to consider in an effort for you to form your own conclusions on the matter.
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Lunar Sabbaths: Debunked in Three Verses
Introduction
Could it really be that easy? One can scour the internet for hours and hours and find dozens of extremely lengthy articles that are written to debunk the Lunar Sabbath doctrine. But, does it really take a long argument to prove that Lunar Sabbaths are not scripturally possible? The purpose of this study is to reveal how three simple verses of scripture concretely show that Lunar Sabbaths are not the true weekly Sabbaths of YAHUAH
Lunar Sabbaths Defined
For those who are unaware, the Lunar Sabbath doctrine is, in a nutshell, the belief that the weekly Sabbath commanded throughout the scriptures is to be observed according to the phases of the moon, as opposed to the traditional, continual seven-day cycle. The four phases of the moon are the new moon (crescent or conjunction, depending on which group they are a part of), the first quarter, the full moon, the last quarter, and the final crescent, which they say announces the last Sabbath of the 30-day month1.
There are two different schools of thought within the Lunar Sabbath community – those that observe the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th days of the lunar month as Sabbaths, and those that observe the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th as Sabbaths. Both groups also observe the day of the new moon as a sort of Sabbath as well.
The observance of the days by the latter group above can be easily shown unscriptural by the following verses of scripture.
Mark 15:42 (ASV) – “And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath.”
Luke 23:54 (ASV) – “And it was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.”
John 19:14, 31 (ASV) – “Now it was the Preparation of the Passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, ‘Behold, your King!’… (31) The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the Sabbath (for the day of that Sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.”
Yeshua was crucified on the Day of Passover, which is the 14th day of the first month of the scriptural year – Aviv (Leviticus 23:5). This day, in the year Yeshua was crucified, was also called
1 See http://www.creationcalendar.com/HallOfShame/AdamDrissel_Rebuttal.pdf, page 2, paragraph 3.
the “preparation” day. The weekly Sabbath was not a day one would use to prepare anything. On the contrary, the weekly Sabbath is the one day of the week that one is required to prepare ahead of time for. As a result, Lunar Sabbaths on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th days of the lunar month are immediately discounted as scripturally possible. But what about the other group?
The First Passover in Canaan
The account of the first Passover observance by the Israelites in the land of Canaan can be found in Joshua 5:10-12.
Joshua 5:10-12 (ASV) – “And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. (11) And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the Passover, unleavened cakes and parched grain, in the selfsame day. (12) And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna anymore; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.”
These three verses contain all the proof one needs to debunk the Lunar Sabbath doctrine. However, because there are several aspects of this passage that are often disputed we will need to dig a little deeper into it.
– “Produce” or “Old Corn” –
The argument exists that the Hebrew word translated as “produce” in the American Standard Version (ASV) of Joshua 5:11 above, ָעבוּר avur, represents grain that was carried over the Jordan River from Israel’s wanderings in the wilderness. It is indeed true that the Hebrew root of this word is ָע ַבר avar means “to pass over”2. However, we must examine the context in order to properly determine what exactly is “passed over” in verse 11.
In the Hebrew text the phrase ֵמ ֲעבוּר ָהאָ ֶרץ meavur haarets, which is translated above as “of the produce of the land,” is in the construct form. The construct form is how the Hebrew language expresses possession. Another way of wording the same phrase in English would be “the land’s produce.” When a phrase in Hebrew is in the construct form it is against grammatical rules to break the phrase up into pieces. It must be taken as a whole. Thus we cannot simply focus on the use of avur as being proof that the corn the Israelites ate was carried over from the wilderness. We must consider the phrase “of the land” as one with avur.
Knowing this we must ask ourselves, what “land” is being spoken of in verse 11? Well, the end of verse 12 answers the question for us – the land of Canaan. But, even logic tells us that grain from the wilderness cannot be what is spoken of here. First of all, we are given no indication whatsoever in the Torah that the Israelites ever stopped long enough in the wilderness to prepare, plant, and fully harvest grain fields while they were there. In fact, it is easy to
2 Gesenius, Wilhelm. “Entry for ָע ַבר .” Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures. London, UK: Samuel Bagster & Sons, Limited, exact publication date unknown.
conclude that this didn’t happen since they had no need to do so given the daily provision of manna יהוה provided for them. Second, the phrase “of the land” becomes completely
meaningless if it is referring to the exact same grain they had partaken of while wandering in the wilderness (grain which is nowhere spoken of).
In addition to the above, we can see an extremely close parallel between the command relating to the Wave Sheaf in Torah and this passage in Joshua.
Leviticus 23:14 (ASV) – “And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your Elohim: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”
There are several parallels we can examine here in the Hebrew text. First we see that in Leviticus 23:14 the Israelites were forbidden from eating bread and parched grain prior to the Wave Sheaf being offered. The Hebrew word for “bread” here is ֶל ֶחם lechem. Although this is not the same word used in Joshua 5:11 for “unleavened cakes,” which is ַמצוֹת matsot, both words refer to products that are made from harvested grain. The former, lechem, refers to a leavened loaf of bread while matsot refers to unleavened bread. The Hebrew word for “parched grain,” however, is identical in both verses – ָק ִלי qaliy.
A second parallel is the phrase “this/the selfsame day,” which in Hebrew is ַהיּוֹם ַהזֶּה hayom hazeh. In Leviticus 23:14 the Israelites are forbidden to eat of products made from the grain of the land until “the selfsame day” they offer the first fruits unto יהוה. In Joshua 5:14 the Israelites ate the “produce of the land” on “the selfsame day” of the “morrow after the Passover.”
More evidence for the fact that avur here refers to the produce of the land of Canaan as opposed to mysterious, non-existent grain carried over from the wilderness can be found in two other ancient textual witnesses we have – the Greek Septuagint (LXX) and the Latin Vulgate. Here is Joshua 5:11 in both:
Joshua 5:11 (LXX) – καὶ ἐφάγοσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ σίτου τῆς γῆς ἄζυμα καὶ νέα.
Joshua 5:11 (Vulgate) – et comederunt de frugibus terrae die altero azymos panes et
pulentam eiusdem anni
The phrases in bold text are the Greek and Latin equivalents of the Hebrew “of the produce of the land” phrase. The underlined words are the words that correspond to the Hebrew “produce” (or “old corn,” in some translations). The Greek word σίτου sitou is defined simply as “grain”3. The Latin frugibus is defined as “fruit, produce, pulse, legumes”4. Neither the Greek nor Latin words have a definition referring to “old” grain. The words that the translators of the LXX and Vulgate chose to use were those that simply represent the grain or produce of the land that they were in – the land of Canaan. In addition, Gesenius, known in the scholarly
3 Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. “Entry for σίτος.” A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press., .1940
4 Charton T. Lewis. Charles Short. “Entry for frugibus.”
Latin dictionary / revised, enlarged and in great part rewritten by Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. Oxford:
A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews’ edition of Freund’s
Clarendon P, 1879.
world as the “father of Hebrew grammarians,” defines the word avur also as “corn, prop. produce, or offering of the land”5.
We can safely conclude from all of the information above that the argument that the Hebrew avur means “old corn” really isn’t an argument at all. Not only is there no evidence that the Israelites did any grain farming while wandering in the wilderness, but there is a plethora of linguistic evidence that proves avur refers the fruit or produce of the land of Canaan.
– “Morrow After the Passover” –
This may seem like a simple one, right? Those who are studied in the Torah, knowing that s Passover is on the fourteenth day of the first month, Aviv (Leviticus 23:5), will easily’יהוה
recognize that the “morrow after the Passover” refers to the fifteenth day of Aviv. In addition, the plain and clear text of Numbers 33:3 that follows solidifies this fact.
Numbers 33:3 (ASV) – “And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptian.”
This verse clearly equates the phrase “morrow after the Passover” with “the fifteenth day of the first month.” This simple textual truth, however, is extremely problematic, even devastating to the Lunar Sabbath doctrine. Let me explain how.
First I will provide a very simplistic break down of the events that transpired in Joshua 5:10-12 above in a tabular format. Then I will explain the relevant events in more detail.
| Events of Joshua 5:10-12 | ||
| Day of the Month | Event(s) | Manna Appeared? |
| Aviv 14 | YAHUAH’s Passover (Leviticus 23:5). The Israelites, under the direction of Joshua, camped in Gilgal and observed the Passover of YAHUAH in the evening, according to the commandment. | Yes |
| Aviv 15 | The morrow after the Passover (Numbers 33:3). The Israelites ate of the produce of the land of Canaan on this day. In order for this to have been scripturally lawful the first fruits of the land had to have been first offered unto (YAHUAH.)23:10-15 Leviticus | Yes |
| Aviv 16 | Day after the Israelites had eaten of the produce of the land. The manna ceased on this day as a result. | No |
5 Gesenius, Wilhelm. “Entry for ָעבוּר .” Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures. London, UK: Samuel Bagster & Sons, Limited, exact publication date unknown.
The first point that needs to be addressed in more detail is the timing of the morning sacrifice, the Wave Sheaf offering, and the daily appearance of the manna. The morning offering is generally understood to have been made at the third hour of the day, or around 9:00am, coinciding with the customary hour of morning prayer. All other offerings throughout the day, including additional offerings that were required on the various holy days, were made after the initial morning sacrifice.
The manna, according to the following passage, would appear on the surface of the ground as soon as the dew lifted each morning.
Exodus 16:13-15 (ASV) – “And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. (14) And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground. (15) And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, ‘What is it?’ For they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, ‘It is the bread which יהוה hath given you to eat.’”
Dew, as a general rule, evaporates shortly after sunrise. Exceptions exist when one lives in a very humid climate, or that time of the year is very humid. Data produced by the US Naval Observatory shows that sunrise between March 1st and April 30th during any given year (a wide range in which Passover will most definitely occur) ranges between 5:00am and 6:00am6. Needless to say the Israelites would have had plenty of time to gather their omer of manna prior to the morning sacrifice each day, especially in that area of the world during early spring.
The second point that needs to be addressed in more detail is the events on the fifteenth of Aviv. We are told that the Israelites ate of the produce of the land of Canaan on this day. However, we also know that they were strictly prohibited from doing so in Leviticus 23:14 until they have offered the oblation of Elohim. If the Israelites, under the direction of Joshua, ate of the produce of the land of Canaan on the fifteenth of the first month it is only because the Wave Sheaf was offered on that day as well. The day likely started with their normal gathering of manna prior to the morning sacrifice. Then, after the priests completed the offering of the .יהוה morning sacrifice a sheaf of the grain of the land of Canaan was reaped and waved before This action made it permissible for the Israelites to start reaping and using the grain of the land for food. Apart from the Wave Sheaf offering being made it would have been unlawful for them to have partaken of the produce of the land as the scriptures so plainly say.
The final point that needs to be addressed is the act of the manna ceasing on the “morrow after they had eaten of the produce of the land.” First, it is apparent that since the day that they ate from the produce of the land was the fifteenth of the first month, the “morrow after they had eaten of the produce of the land” is necessarily the sixteenth of the first month. Second, the verb used to describe the action of the manna in verse 12 is the Hebrewָ שַבת shavath, which means “to rest, to keep as a day of rest”7. It is the verb from which the well-known word “Sabbath” derives its meaning. In the same way that we “cease” from our labors on the weekly Sabbath day, the manna “ceased” from appearing on the “morrow after they had eaten of the
6 http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php – Data based on 35° 13’ E, 31° 49’ N and 2 hours East of Greenwhich
7 Gesenius, Wilhelm. “Entry for ָש ַבת .” Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures. London, UK: Samuel Bagster & Sons, Limited, exact publication date unknown.
produce of the land.” This doesn’t mean that the manna appeared on the sixteenth never to appear again afterwards. We don’t work on the day we “cease” from our labors – the weekly Sabbath. We cease from the labors we perform on every other day on the Sabbath. Likewise the manna ceased from appearing on the sixteenth as it did every day prior to then (from its initial creation).
The timeline of the three days contained in those three simple verses couldn’t be clearer. Israel observed the Passover on the fourteenth according to the commandment; they offered the first fruits of the land of Canaan to יהוה on the fifteenth, allowing them to lawfully partake of its produce; the manna never appeared again after the morning of the fifteenth because they ate of the produce of the land that day.
– What About the LXX? –
Some Lunar Sabbatarians will contend that the translation of Joshua 5:11 in the LXX proves that the Wave Sheaf offering didn’t have to take place on the fifteenth. Here is the text of that verse in the LXX again, with Brenton’s English translation following it:
Joshua 5:11 (LXX) – καὶ ἐφάγοσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ σίτου τῆς γῆς ἄζυμα καὶ νέα.
Joshua 5:11 (Brenton) – “And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and new corn.”
The argument is that the Wave Sheaf didn’t have to take place on the fifteenth because the LXX is missing the time element of “the morrow after the Passover” that is found in the Hebrew text. This argument, however, falls gravely short when all of the textual evidence is examined. We have three primary textual witnesses that can help us to understand what the true translation of this passage really is – the Hebrew (Masoretic Text), the LXX, and the Vulgate. Here are the verses in parallel for ease of comparison:
ַויֹּּ֨אְכ֜לוּ ֵמֲע֥בוּר ָהָ֛אֶָרץ ִמָמֳֽחַ֥רת ַהֶ֖פַסח ַמ ֣צֹּות ְוָק֑לוּי ְבֶ֖עֶצם ַהיֹּּ֥ום ַהֶֽזּה׃–)Joshua5:11(MT Joshua 5:11 (LXX) – καὶ ἐφάγοσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ σίτου τῆς γῆς ἄζυμα καὶ νέα.
Joshua 5:11 (Vulgate) – et comederunt de frugibus terrae die altero azymos panes et pulentam eiusdem anni
The only one of these three witnesses that does not contain some sort of time element in this verse is the LXX. The Hebrew, as we have already seen, has the phrase “morrow after the Passover,” orִ מָמֳֽחַ֥רתַהֶ֖פַסח mimacharathhapesach. The LatinVulgate has the phrase die altero which is literally translated “the next day.” This phrase is not identical to the Hebrew text, obviously, but in this context it describes the exact same day – the next day after the Passover, which is the fifteenth of the first month. The LXX text here is mysteriously silent.
There is, however, evidence that many different Greek manuscripts, such as the Codex Vaticanus, contain the phrase τη επαυριον του πασχα te epaurion tou pascha, which is
translated “on the next day of the passover.” In addition to this the ancient Syriac version of the Old Testament, found today in the Bibliothecae Syriacae, contains a similar phrase.8
I believe the evidence is clear. A time element is definitely part of the text of Joshua 5:11. From the best witnesses we have to this time element, we can conclude that the Israelites ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, or the fifteenth of Aviv.
The Day After the Sabbath
So, what does all of the information above have to do with Lunar Sabbaths, right? Well, the key to understanding the significance of Joshua 5:10-12 as it relates to Lunar Sabbaths is found in another passage relating to the Wave Sheaf offering.
Leviticus 23:6-11 (ASV) – “‘And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto יהוה: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. (7) In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. (8) But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto יהוה seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation;
ye shall do no servile work.’ (9) And יהוה spake unto Moses, saying, (10) ‘Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, “When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-
fruits of your harvest unto the priest: (11) and he shall wave the sheaf before יהוה, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.”’”
The important phrase in this passage is found in verse eleven – “the morrow after the Sabbath.” The most simplistic way of understanding this phrase is that it is speaking of the day after the weekly Sabbath. The reason for this is because of the contextual use of the word “Sabbath.” The first and only occurrences of the word “Sabbath” prior to the passage above is found in Leviticus 23:3.
Leviticus 23:3 (ASV) –“Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a Sabbath unto ”.in all your dwellings יהוה
This verse unquestionably speaks of the weekly Sabbath. On this day we are commanded to do “no manner of work”at all. That is what the Hebrew wordַ שָבת shabbat refers to and issused for throughout the scriptures – a day of complete rest where no manner of work is done.9 If this definition is carried throughout the rest of the chapter the meaning of “Sabbath” in verses 6-11 is very clear.
8 Alan England Brooke, D.D. Norman McLean, M.A. The Old Testament In Greek: According to the text of the Codex Vaticanus, supplemented from other uncial manuscripts, with a critical apparatus containing the variants of the chief ancient authorities for the text of the Septuagint. London, UK: Bentley House, 1917. Page 691 and corresponding footnotes.
9 The only exception to this is when the scriptures discuss the Sabbatical Year in Leviticus 25. In that chapter the children of Israel are commanded to let the land have a “Sabbath” every seventh year. The meaning, though applied to a year instead of a day, is the same, though. The land was to have a complete rest and was not to be worked at all.
On this same day, the “morrow after the Sabbath,” we are also commanded to start our fifty- day count to the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot). Here is the testimony of that verse in our three most reliable witnesses:
וְּסַפְרֶ֤תם ָלֶכם ִמָמֳחַ֣רת ַהַשָ֔בת ִמיֹּּום ֲהִ֣ביֲאֶ֔כם ֶאת־עֶֹּ֖מר ַהְתנוָּ֑פה –)Leviticus23:15(MT ֶ֥שַבע ַשָבתֹּ֖ות ְתִמימֹּ֥ת ִתְהֶֽייָנה׃
Leviticus 23:15 (LXX) – Καὶ ἀριθμήσετε ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπαύριον τῶν σαββάτων, ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας, ἧς ἂν προσενέγκητε τὸ δράγμα τοῦ ἐπιθέματος, ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδας ὁλοκλήρους·
Leviticus 23:15 (Vulgate) – numerabitis ergo ab altero die sabbati in quo obtulistis manipulum primitiarum septem ebdomadas plenas
The phrases that are important in each of the languages are ִמ ָמ ֳח ַ ֣רת ַה ַש ָ ֔בת mimacharath hashabbat, ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπαύριον τῶν σαββάτων apo tes epaurion ton sabbaton, and ab altero die sabbati. All three phrases mean the exact same thing – “from the morrow after the Sabbath.” So, there is no question that the fifty-day count to Shavuot is to begin on the “morrow after the Sabbath,” not on the Sabbath itself.
It is worth noting here that there is an argument and belief that the “morrow after the Sabbath” referred to in this verse, and in verse 11, is actually the day after the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, or the sixteenth of Aviv. For the purposes of this study, however, proving whether that belief is scripturally accurate is irrelevant. Lunar Sabbatarians, as mentioned above, believe that the fifteenth of every lunar month is a Sabbath. So, to them, the “morrow after the Sabbath” and the sixteenth of Aviv are the exact same day.
Believe it or not that is where the simplistic and foundational flaw in the doctrine exists. Since Lunar Sabbatarians believe that the Wave Sheaf offering and the beginning of the count to Shavuot are both on the sixteenth of Aviv, proof that the Wave Sheaf was ever offered (and therefore the count to Shavuot begun) on any day other than the sixteenth of Aviv would cause the doctrine to irreparably crumble. That is exactly what has been proven above.
Conclusion
Solid scriptural evidence has been provided and examined above that proves that the first Wave Sheaf offering ever made in the land of Canaan was made on the fifteenth of Aviv. Passover was kept in Gilgal, according to the commandment, on the fourteenth of Aviv in the evening. The following day, called “the morrow after the Passover,” also called “the fifteenth day of the first month [Aviv]” (Numbers 33:3), the Israelites lawfully partook of the produce of the land of Canaan. To do so lawfully, the Wave Sheaf first had to have been offered the morning of the same day. Confirmation that the produce of the land of Canaan was eaten, not hypothetical “old corn” carried over the Jordan, is found in the fact that the manna ceased and never appeared again starting on the next day, the sixteenth of Aviv.
Since the Torah commands that the Wave Sheaf is to be offered and the count to Shavuot begun on the “morrow after the Sabbath,” the fifteenth day of the first month in that year must have been the “morrow after the Sabbath.” Sheer logic requires that the “morrow after the Sabbath” cannot possibly be the same as the actual Sabbath itself. Since the “morrow after the Sabbath” was the fifteenth of Aviv that year the actual Sabbath was the fourteenth (i.e. Passover was on a Sabbath in that year). Since the Sabbath was on the fourteenth it could not have possibly been on the fifteenth as well.
The scriptural fact that the first Passover the Israelites ever observed in Canaan was on a Sabbath, as shown in the three verses of Joshua 5:10-12, proves that Lunar Sabbaths were not observed by the ancient Israelites and were not commanded in the Torah.
For more evidence from the practical application of the Lunar Sabbath doctrine see Appendix I.
Appendix I
Practical Evidence
The Timing of Shavuot
Leviticus 23:15-16 gives us the exact instructions on when we are to observe the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot).
Leviticus 23:15-16 (ASV) – “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven Sabbaths shall there be complete: (16) even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye ”.יהוה number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto
There are three criteria in this verse that must each be fulfilled for us to know we are observing Shavuot on the proper day.
Lunar Sabbatarians will never have a problem with Number 1. Since they believe that the fifteenth of each lunar month is a Sabbath, the sixteenth of the month, when they believe the Wave Sheaf is to be offered, is by definition the “morrow after the Sabbath.” Numbers 2 and 3, however, can be very problematic in a real life scenario. The following tables are calendars from the year 1930. By using a program such as Stellarium10 one can easily see that there would have been a visible new moon on the evening of 31 March11 making 1 April new moon day.
Tuesday, 1 April 1930 was new moon day. Since Lunar Sabbatarians do not count the new moon days as part of the six days of work between Sabbaths, the first Lunar Sabbath is on Tuesday, 8 April. There are then Lunar Sabbaths on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th of April. The count to Shavuot started on the sixteenth of the first lunar month, 16 April, after a Lunar Sabbath. This lunar month only had twenty-nine days because the next visible new moon was on 30 April. By this time there have been two complete Sabbaths of the required seven and fifteen days of the required fifty for the full count to Shavuot.
Wednesday, 30 April 1930 was the next new moon day. The Lunar Sabbaths of that month fell on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of May. This lunar month, unlike the previous, would have had thirty days in it due to the illumination percentage of the new moon on the 29th day (only about 0.8% at sunset). If a lunar month has thirty days instead of twenty-nine, Lunar Sabbatarians celebrate two new moon days in a row. These days fell on the 29th and 30th of May. By this time there have been six complete Sabbaths of the required seven and forty-five days of the required fifty for the full count to Shavuot.
Thursday, 29 May 1930 and Friday, 30 May 1930 were the next new moon days. The next Lunar Sabbath wouldn’t occur until 6 June. However, herein lies two major problems. First, if you choose to stop at the proper count to fifty days (Wednesday, 4 June) you are three days short of being on the required “morrow after the seventh Sabbath.” Second, if you choose to stop on the required “morrow after the seventh Sabbath” (Saturday, 9 June) you are actually on day fifty-three of the required fifty-day count.
Even if the second lunar month above was only twenty-nine days the count is still off by at least two days. There is just no way for all three requirements for the proper timing of Shavuot to be accomplished when Lunar Sabbaths are used.
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Which Day Of The Week Is The Scriptural Sabbath?
Many are confused over the issue, but such confusion is unnecessary. Not only is the answer plain from history and the Scriptures, it is also clear from the names for the seventh day of the week, Saturday, in many languages.
For example, the Spanish word for the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is sabado— the same word for “Sabbath.” In fact, in more than 100 ancient and modern languages the seventh day of the week was named “Sabbath” or its equivalent.
Following is a list of names for the seventh day of the week, Saturday, in 24 languages in which the root word Sabbath is still easily recognizable.
Such widespread use of forms of the word Sabbath for the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is clear evidence that speakers of these languages understood which day is the Sabbath.
Likewise, the fact that in no language do we see “Sabbath” similarly linked with Sunday, the first day of the week, is an obvious confirmation that this day never was considered the Scriptural Sabbath until later religious leaders tried to substitute Sunday for the true Sabbath day.
Arabic: Sabet
Armenian: Shabat
Bosnian: Subota
Bulgarian: Sabota
Corsican: Sàbatu
Croatian: Subota
Czech: Sobota
Georgian: Sabati
Greek: Savvato
Indonesian: Sabtu
Italian: Sabato
Latin: Sabbatum
Maltese: is-Sibt
Polish: Sobota
Portuguese: Sábado
Romanian: Sambata
Russian: Subbota
Serbian: Subota
Slovak: Sobota
Slovene: Sobota
Somali: Sabti
Spanish: Sabado
Sudanese: Saptu
Ukranian: Subota
Pagan Gods and the Naming of the Days
We speak the names of the gods on a daily basis and most people do not even realize it. Every day of the week, religious and non-religious people alike follow the old pagan tradition of giving thanks to the gods of old.
In ancient Mesopotamia, astrologers assigned each day of the week the name of a god. In a culture where days were consumed by religion, it is unsurprising that the days of the week were made in homage to the gods believed to rule the lives of mortals.
Many centuries later, the Romans, upon beginning to use the seven day week, adopted the names of the week to fit their own gods. These were then adopted by Germanic people who also adjusted the names according to their gods. It is predominantly these Germanic and Norse gods that have lived on today in the days of the week, which are outlined below.
Sunday, as you may be able to guess, is the “Sun’s Day” – the name of a pagan Roman holiday. In many folklore traditions, Sunday was believed to be a lucky day for babies born. Many societies have worshiped the sun and sun-gods. Perhaps the most famous is the Egyptian Sun-god Ra, who was the lord of time.
Monday comes from the Anglo-Saxon ‘monandaeg’ which is the “Moon’s Day”. On this day people gave homage to the goddess of the moon. It was believed by ancients that there were three Mondays during the year that were considered to be unlucky: first Monday in April, second in August and last in December.
Tuesday is the first to be named after a Germanic god – Tiu (or Twia) – a god of war and the sky and associated with the Norse god Tyr, who was a defender god in Viking mythology. Tiu is associated with Mars. He is usually shown with only one hand. In the most famous myth about Týr he placed his hand between the jaws of the wolf Fenrir as a mark of good faith while the other gods, pretending to play, bound the wolf. When Fenrir realized he had been tricked he bit off Tyr’s hand.
Wednesday means “Woden’s Day” (in Norse, ‘Odin’), the Old Norse’s equivalent to Mercury, who was the messenger to the gods and the Roman god of commerce, travel and science. He was considered the chief god and leader of the wild hunt in Anglo-Saxon mythology, but the name directly translated means “violently insane headship” – not exactly the name of a loving and kind god! Woden was the ruler of Asgard, the hoe of the gods, and is able to shift and change into different forms.
Thursday was “Thor’s Day”, named after the Norse god of thunder and lightning and is the Old Norse equivalent to Jupiter. Thor is often depicted holding a giant hammer and during the 10 th and 11 th centuries when Christians tried to convert the Scandinavians, many wore emblems of Thor’s hammer as a symbol of defiance against the new religion.
Friday is associated with Freya, the wife of Woden and the Norse goddess of love, marriage and fertility, who is equivalent to Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
Lastly, Saturday derives from “Saturn’s Day”, a Roman god associated with wealth, plenty and time. It is the only English week-day still associated with a Roman god, Saturn. The Hebrews called Saturday the “Sabbath”, meaning, day of rest. The Scriptures identifies Saturday as the last day of the week.
The seven-day week originates with in ancient Babylon prior to 600 BC, when time was marked with the lunar cycle, which experienced different seven-day cycles. A millennium later, Emperor Constantine converted Rome to Christianity and standardized the seven-day week across the Empire. Rome may initially have acquired the seven-day week from the mystical beliefs of Babylonian astrologers. But it was the Scriptural story of creation, YAHUAH making the Heavens and Earth and resting on the seventh day.
Edited by GWT
Source: http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/pagan-gods-and-naming-days-001037
A History of the Months and Meanings of their Names
The original Roman year had 10 named months Martius “March”, Aprilis “April”, Maius “May”, Junius “June”, Quintilis “July”, Sextilis “August”, September “September”, October “October”, November “November”, December “December”, and probably two unnamed months in the dead of winter when not much happened in agriculture. The year began with Martius “March”. Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome circa 700 BC, added the two months Januarius “January” and Februarius “February”. He also moved the beginning of the year from Marius to Januarius and changed the number of days in several months to be odd, a lucky number. After Februarius there was occasionally an additional month of Intercalaris “intercalendar”. This is the origin of the leap-year day being in February. In 46 BC, Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar (hence the Julian calendar) changing the number of days in many months and removing Intercalaris.
January—Janus’s month
Middle English Januarie
Latin Januarius “of Janus”
Latin Janu(s) “Janus” + -arius “ary (pertaining to)”
Latin Januarius mensis “month of Janus”
Janus is the Roman god of gates and doorways, depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions. His festival month is January.
Januarius had 29 days, until Julius when it became 31 days long.
February—month of Februa
Middle English Februarius
Latin Februarius “of Februa”
Latin Februa(s) “Februa” + -arius “ary (pertaining to)”
Latin Februarius mensis “month of Februa”
Latin dies februatus “day of purification”
Februarius had 28 days, until circa 450 BC when it had 23 or 24 days on some of every second year, until Julius when it had 29 days on every fourth year and 28 days otherwise.
Februa is the Roman festival of purification, held on February fifteenth. It is possibly of Sabine origin.
Intercalaris—inter-calendar month
Latin Intercalaris “inter-calendar”
Latin Mercedonius (popular name) “?”
Intercalaris had 27 days until the month was abolished by Julius.
March—Mars’ month
Middle English March(e)
Anglo-French March(e)
Old English Martius
Latin Martius “of Mars”
Latin Marti(s) “Mars” + -us (adj. suffix)
Latin Martius mensis “month of Mars”
Martius has always had 31 days.
March was the original beginning of the year, and the time for the resumption of war.
Mars is the Roman god of war. He is identified with the Greek god Ares.
April—Aphrodite’s month
Old English April(is)
Latin Aprilis
Etruscan Apru
Greek Aphro, short for Aphrodite.
Aprilis had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She is identified with the Roman goddess Venus.
May—Maia’s month
Old French Mai
Old English Maius
Latin Maius “of Maia”
Latin Maius mensis “month of Maia”
Maius has always had 31 days.
Maia (meaning “the great one”) is the Italic goddess of spring, the daughter of Faunus, and wife of Vulcan.
June—Juno’s month
Middle English jun(e)
Old French juin
Old English junius
Latin Junius “of Juno”
Latin Junius mensis “month of Juno”
Junius had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
Juno is the principle goddess of the Roman Pantheon. She is the goddess of marriage and the well-being of women. She is the wife and sister of Jupiter. She is identified with the Greek goddess Hera.
July—Julius Caesar’s month
Middle English Julie
Latin Julius “Julius”
Latin Julius mensis “month of Julius”
Latin quintilis mensis “fifth month”
Quintilis (and later Julius) has always had 31 days.
Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar (hence the Julian calendar) in 46 BC. In the process, he renamed this month after himself.
August—Augustus Caesar’s month
Latin Augustus “Augustus”
Latin Augustus mensis “month of Augustus”
Latin sextilis mensis “sixth month”
Sextilis had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 31 days long.
Augustus Caesar clarified and completed the calendar reform of Julius Caesar. In the process, he also renamed this month after himself.
September—the seventh month
Middle English septembre
Latin September
Latin septem “seven” + -ber (adj. suffix)
Latin september mensis “seventh month”
September had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
October—the eighth month
Middle English octobre
Latin October
Latin octo “eight” + -ber (adj. suffix)
Latin october mensis “eighth month”
October has always had 31 days.
November—the nineth month
Middle English Novembre
Latin November
Latin Novembris mensis “nineth month”
Novembris had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
December—the tenth month
Middle English decembre
Old French decembre
Latin december “tenth month”
Latin decem “ten” + -ber (adj. suffix)
December had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 31 days long.
Source: http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/pagandaymonth/
Is Our Modern Saturday The Sabbath?
A History of Calendar Change
How can we be sure that the Saturday of our modern week is the original Sabbath of the Scriptures?
It is commonly believed that many calendar changes have taken place since the time of YAHUSHA. This is not true. There has been only one change.
This change, from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, had no effect whatsoever upon the order of the days of the week. Julius Caesar instituted the Julian Calendar in 46 BC.
The month of July was named in honor of Julius. When Augustus Caesar succeeded Julius, he also wanted a
month named after himself, so he gave the month following July (originally Sextilis) the name of August. Since August only had 30 days, and Augustus considered himself as important as Julius, whose month of July had 31 days, Augustus took one day from February and added it to August. The changes made by Augustus did not affect the order of the days of the week.
The Julian Calendar remained unchanged for 1600 years. It made provision for a year of 365.25 mean solar days. But the year actually consists of 365.242195 days. Because of this slight discrepancy, as the centuries passed, the seasons began to shift. By 1582 AD this discrepancy had grown to ten days. In that year Pope Gregory XIII established a new calendar which corrected the discrepancy, and is known as the Gregorian Calendar.
Pope Gregory XIII omitted ten days following October 4, 1582. What would have been October 5 became October 15.
Spain, Portugal, and Italy adopted the new Gregorian Calendar at once. France waited until December, and it adopted the change by calling the 10th of December the 20th of December.
The Catholic states of Germany adopted the calendar in 1583. The Protestant states of Germany did not adopt the new calendar until 1700. About the same time, Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark adopted the new calendar. England adopted the calendar in 1752.
The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed. vol. 4, p. 988, tells us:
The week is a period of seven days, having no reference whatever to the celestial motions–a circumstance to which it owes its unalterable uniformity… It has been employed from time immemorial in almost all eastern countries.
The Hebrew people spoke of the days of the week by number rather than by name. The only day that had a name was the seventh day which was called Shabbat, the Sabbath, or the rest day.
The day prior to the Sabbath was designated the preparation day. On this day, preparations were made for the family so that the Sabbath might truly be a day of rest for the entire family. All the days were numbered and spoken of in reference to the Sabbath. The first day was “first toward the Sabbath.” The second day was “second toward the Sabbath, and so on. This was also the practice among the Syrians, Arabians, etc. In at least 108 different languages the name for the seventh day, corresponding to our “Saturday”, is a word meaning “rest day.”
Can we be sure that the Sabbath has never been lost since Creation? YAHUAH sanctified the seventh day at Creation (Gen. 2:1-3). Even if the weekly Sabbath had been lost through the years, it was certainly re-established when YAHUAH instructed the Yisraelites to not gather manna on Sabbath (Ex. 16:4). YAHUAH later announced to the Yisraelites at Mount Sinai that keeping His Sabbath holy was part of His Ten Commandment law (Ex. 20:8-11). Since Mount Sinai the Hebrew Yisralites have faithfully kept YAHUAH’s Sabbath, despite captivity, persecution, and dispersion, right down to our current day. Orthodox Jews, the Catholic church, Protestants, historians, and astronomers all agree with each other that there is no evidence that time has ever been lost.
The same Sabbath that YAHUSHA and the apostles worshipped on (Luke 4:16,31; Acts 13:14-16,42,44) is the same seventh day Sabbath that Sabbath-keeping Netseriym and Christians worship on today.
by S. Berkowitz
Shewing the UNCHANGED ORDER of the Days and the true Position of the SABBATH, as proved by the combined testimony of Ancient and Modern Languages.
No LANGUAGE (Where Spoken, Read, or Otherwise Used 1 2 3 4 5 6 Name of the SEVENTH DAY
1 Shemitic Hebrew Bible world-wide Day One Day Second Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day the Sixth Yom hash-shab-bath Day the Sabbath
2 Hebrew (Ancient and Modern) One into the Sabbath Second into the Sabbath Third into the Sabbath Fourth into the Sabbath Fifth into the Sabbath Eve of Holy Sabbath Shab-bath Sabbath
3 Targum of Onkelos (Hebrew Literature) Day One Day Second Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day the Sixth Yom hash-shab-bath Day the Sabbath
4 Targum Dialect of the Jews in Kurdistan Day One of the Seven Day 2nd of the Seven Day 3rd of the Seven Day 4th of the Seven Day 5th of the Seven Day of Eve (of Sabbath) yoy-met sha-bat kodesh Holy Sabbath Day
5 Ancient Syriac *Each day proceeds on, and belongs to the Sabbath One into Sabbath Two into Sabbath Three into Sabbath Four into Sabbath Five into Sabbath Eve (of Sabbath) Shab-ba-tho Sabbath
6 Chaldee Syriac Kurdistan and Urdmia, Persia One into Sabbath Two into Sabbath Three into Sabbath Four into Sabbath Five into Sabbath Eve (of Sabbath) Shap-ta Sabbath
7 Samaritan (Old Hebrew Letters) Nablus, Palestine Day One Day Second Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day Sixth Shab-bath Sabbath
8 Babylonian Euphrates & Tigris Valleys Mesopotamia (Written lang. 3800 B.C.) First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Sa-ba-tu Sabbath
9 Assyrian Euphrates and Tigris Valleys, Mesopotamia First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth sa-ba-tu Sabbath
10 Arabic (Very old names) Business Day Light Moon War Chief Turning Day or Midweek Familiar or Society Day Eve (of Sabbath) Shi-yar Chief or Rejoicing Day
11 Arabic (Ancient and Modern) Westn. Asia, E,W & N. Africa The One The Two The Three The Four The Fith Assembly (day, Muham) as-sabt The Sabbath
12 Maltese, Malta One (day) Two (and day) The 3 (3rd d.) The 4 (4th d.) Fifth (day) Assembly Is-sibt. The Sabbath
13 Ge-ez or Ethiopic Abyssinia (Ge-ez signifies “original”) One (day) Second Third Fourth Fifth Eve (of Sabbath) san-bat Sabbath
14 Tigre Abyssinia (Closely related to Ge-ez) One (First day) Second Third Fourth Fifth Eve (of Sabbath) san-bat Sabbath
15 Amharic, Abyssinia (Nearly related to Ge-ez) One Second Third Fourth Fifth Eve (of Sabbath) san-bat Sabbath
16 Falasha (Language of the Jews of Abyssinia) One Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth yini sanbat The Sabbath
17 Coptic / Egypt (A dead lang. for 200 years) The First Day The 2nd Day The 3rd Day The 4th Day The 5th Day The 6th Day pi sabbaton The Sabbath
18 Orma or Galla South of Abyssinia (This language has two sets of names, the first being the oldest) Lady, Virgin Mary Day. Great or Festival Sabbath Second day. First Trade Day 3rd Day to the Sabbath. Second Trade Day 4th day to the Sabbath. Fourth (day) Fifth (day) Assembly (day) Last day of the half-week inclusive of 4th day. Little or Humble or Solemn Sabbath (A day of no ceremonial display and no work)
19 Tamashek or Towarek. (From ancient Lybian or Numidian). Atlas Mountains, Africa. First day Second day Third day Fourth day Fifth day Assembly Day a-hal es-sabt. The Sabbath Day
20 Kabyle or Berber. (Ancient Numidian) North Africa Day the One (First) Day the Two (2nd) Day the Three (3rd) Day the Four (4th) Day the Fifth The Assembly Day ghas or wars assebt The Sabbath Day
21 Hausa Central Africa) The One (1st) The Two (2nd) The Three (3rd) The Four (4th) The Fifth The Assembly assebatu The Sabbath
22 Urdu or Hindustani (Muhammadan and Hindu, India) (Two names for the days) One to Sabbath. Sunday 2nd to Sabbath. Moon-day 3rd to Sabbath. Mars 4th to Sabbath. Mercury 5th to Sabbath. (Eve of Juma) Assembly (day) sanichar – Saturn shamba – Sabbath
23 Pashto or Afghan Afghanistan One to the Sabbath Two to Sabbath Three to Sabbath Four to Sabbath Five to Sabbath Assembly (day) khali – Unemployed-day, Shamba – Sabbath
The CHART OF THE WEEK, is over a hundred years old. It is extremely valuable and almost impossible to find today. Dr. William Meade Jones lived over a hundred years ago, and was a well-known London, England, research expert. He discovered in his studies that the Seventh-day Sabbath was the only weekly Sabbath ever commanded by YAHUAH in the Scriptures.
Jones decided that, since Scripture clearly shows that the Scriptural Sabbath was first given to mankind at end of Creation Week, —
If Genesis 2:1-3 is really true, then two important facts would have had to be known throughout the ancient world: First, a fixing of the seven-day weekly cycle on a world-wide basis, and second, an ancient world-wide knowledge of the Seventh-day Sabbath.
Jones was convinced of this for several reasons:
1. Adam and Noah were both earnest worshipers of YAHUAH and would therefore have been faithful Sabbath keepers.
2. They would have taught their descendants about the Scriptural Sabbath, who would be aware of its original sacredness.
3. The truth that YAHUAH is to be worshiped on the seventh of each seven-day week, requires a seven-day week, even though they may have later turned to idols and left the worship of the True ELOHIYM.
4. Therefore, as the descendants of Adam and Noah spread out all over the world, they would have carried with them these two important facts: Each week has seven days, and the seventh day of the week is the Set-Apart (holy) Sabbath given by YAHUAH to mankind. Even though many of Adam’s and Noah’s descendants would become scoffers, Jones reasoned, all of them would still carry with them the twin truths of the six-day Creation Week, of Genesis 1 (by their keeping of the seven-day weekly cycle, and the Seventh-day Sabbath by naming the seventh day of the week in their language as the day of Sabbath rest).
William Mead Jones decided that if Genesis 1 and 2 were really true, and that if YAHUAH really created the world in six days and then rested on the Seventh day, then a majority of the languages of the world would prove the fact! And this, in turn, would be a powerful proof, not only that the Seventh day (and not the first) was the true Sabbath of YAHUAH, but also a dramatic proof that Genesis 1 and 2 are genuine, and that YAHUAH is our Creator!
Thinking about both of these facts is stunning in the light of the abundance of corroborating evidence given on this amazing that proves them to be true!
Source: http://www.remnantofgod.org/7thdayneverchanged.htm
Did YAHUSHA Keep The Solar or Lunar Calendar?
By rymcovenant.net
Important! The Eternal Calendar of YaHuWaH has zero lunar connections. It is NOT a lunar/solar calendar. This is a Mazzaroth facilitated LIGHT BASED calendar!
Have we applied sufficient attention to the documentations addressing the lunar based calendar from the Testimonies of the Tanakh?
Are there witness texts within the Scriptures that will give us a clear view of the ‘celestial vs lunar calendar’ controversy that we can connect with the life of Yahusha?
Will the life of Yahusha on this earth reveal knowledge on this highly contentious subject?
Was Yahusha in agreement with the TIMING of the Feasts of the Yahudim?
The book of John gives us a great place to begin.
“And after this יהושע was walking in Galil, for He did not wish to walk in Yehuḏah, because the Yahuḏim were seeking to kill Him. And the festival of the Yahuḏim was near, the Festival of Sukkot. So His brothers said to Him, ‘Get away from here and go into Yahuḏah, so that Your taught ones also see the works that You are doing. For no one acts in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these works, show Yourself to the world.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:1-4
Question with a clue – Why do the Scriptures document the Feast of the Yahudim?
Leviticus tells us very clearly to Whom the Feasts and Festivals belong.
Why then do the Scriptures record this festival as one that belongs to the Yahudim?
Yahusha’s Brothers’ Unbelief
“For even His brothers did not believe in Him. יהושע therefore said to them, “My time [YaHuWaH’s Eternal Calendar] has not yet come, but YOUR time [the lunar reckoned calendar] is always ready.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:5-6
Always – through lunar manipulation!
Question: Is it possible that the calendar of the 2nd Temple era was designed and adjusted according to the declared belief standards of the Yahudim – very similar to the lunar-solar calendar of today?
Important Questions:
Your Time = Your Appointed Times
Yahusha spoke to His brothers and told them that THEIR TIME was ready. But His Time was not yet! What did Yahusha mean by this? Let’s look into Isaiah’s writings.
“When you come to appear before Me, who has required this from your hand, to trample My courtyards?” Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 1:12
Paraphrased: Who has taught you to desecrate My Principles?
“Stop bringing futile offerings, incense, it is an abomination to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, the calling of gatherings – I am unable to bear unrighteousness and assembly.” Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 1:13
What was it about these different Sabbaths and assemblies that YaHuWaH emphatically despised?
Isaiah Continued
“My being hates YOUR New Moons and YOUR appointed times, they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. “And when you spread out your hands, I hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I do not hear. Your hands have become filled with blood. “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Stop doing evil!” Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 1:14-16
Questions:
‘Your’ – in Amos
“I have hated, I have despised YOUR festivals, and I am not pleased with YOUR assemblies.” Amos 5:21
Tell me please – were the Yisraelites observing Feasts and Festivals that were opposed to the command within the Eternal Covenant?
“And it shall be in that day,” declares the Master יהוה, “that I shall cause the sun to go down at noon, and shall darken the earth on a day of brightness, and shall turn YOUR festivals into mourning, and all YOUR songs into lamentation, and bring sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head, and shall make it like mourning for an only son, and its end like a day of bitterness.” Amos 8:9-10
‘Your’ – in Malachi
“See, I shall rebuke your seed, and scatter dung before your faces, the dung of YOUR festivals. And you shall be taken away with it.” Mal’aḵi (Malachi) 2:3
Will we receive the message that there is something profoundly sinister about these events that Yahusha will have absolutely nothing to do with?
Why does He ‘pin’ these events on humans? YaHuWaH did after all command His followers to observe the Feasts and Festival assemblies!
Will we be able to discern a characteristic which Yahusha displayed in His life (pertaining to His observance of the Feasts), as a profound declaration supported by His actions? Will His actions provide a clue to this mystery?
Back to Yahusha’s Conversation with His brothers
“It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness of it, [from a LIGHT based calendar viewpoint] that its [the 2nd Temple era traditional teachings] works are wicked. “You go up to this festival. I am not yet going up to this festival, for MY TIME [Eternal Calendar for Sukkot] has not yet been filled.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:7-8
The 15th of Tishri (7th months) had not arrived yet, according to the Tequfah based Eternal Calendar written in the Torah.
Why should Yahusha go and observe the Sukkot Festival when the Torah appointed Qodesh (Set-Apart) LIGHT based designated time for Sukkot had not arrived?
Yahusha Witnesses? HOW?
Yahusha tells us in no uncertain terms –
I am, and will, give you evidence through My Witness of this insidious evil?
When Yahusha actually physically witnesses to a situation, what is it that you would expect to notice? Would a very clear DISCERNABLE DISCREPANCY between the tradition of the Pharisees and the Torah Truth be exposed to us?
Could Yahusha’s witness extend even to the very physical example? Or will His witness pass unnoticed over our heads?
Yahusha refrains from going….
“And having said this to them, He stayed in Galil.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:9
Is this verse indicating to us that Yahusha had an exemption from being required to observe the statues and attend the Feasts of YaHuWaH?
It appears on the surface that Yahusha was ignoring the statute based command that ALL MALES need to present themselves before YaHuWaH at the Appointed Times – Moedim!
Three times in the year all your males are to appear before the Master יהוה.” Shemoth (Exodus) 23:17
Is there any place in the Scriptures where we learn that Yahusha need not observe the will of His Father? What factor gave Yahusha the authority to ‘skip out’ from presenting Himself to the Father on the first of Sukkot?
Yahusha’s next action – His WITNESS
But when His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret. Yoḥanan (John) 7:10
At the Feast, we learn in verses 11-12, the Yahudim were wondering where Yahusha was and were searching for Him.
The Yahudim understood the rule that ALL MALES WERE TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE YAHUWAH THREE TIMES PER YEAR, as written in Exodus 23:17. They were fully expecting Yahusha to observe their Feast.
Where was Yahusha haMashiach? Was Yahusha Witnessing? When did Yahusha arrive at the Feast?
Feast of the Yahudim
Tishri the 7th Month; the Eight Days of Sukkot
Yahusha – AWOL from YaHuWaH’s Feast?
To this date there has not been a text found advising us that Yahusha was exempt from obeying Exodus 23:16-17!
“And the Festival of the Harvest, the first-fruits of your labours which you have sown in the field; and the Festival of the Ingathering at the outgoing of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labours from the field. “Three times in the year ALL your males are to appear before the Master יהוה.” Shemoth (Exodus) 23:16-17
What Scriptural right did Yahusha have to be absent from the first Sabbath of Sukkot?
Did Yahusha arrive LATE?
“And about the MIDDLE of the festival יהושע went up into the Set-apart Place, and He was teaching.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:14
What could possibly be Yahusha’s reasoning for arriving in the middle of the Festival?
What Scriptural Calendar Reckoning could Yahusha cite that would still reckon Him SINLESS, in alignment with YaHuWaH’s will and justify being absent for the first part of the Yahudim Feast?
Yahusha Arrives ‘Late’ – But Right ‘On Time!’
Yahusha Arrives ‘Late’ – But Very ‘On Time!’
Yahusha’s Legal Right!
“You go up to this festival. I am not yet going up to this festival, for My time has not yet been filled.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:8
Where do we find Yahusha’s Time? In the Eternal Calendar in Torah!
Melchizedek Witness or Lunar Confusion?
Yahusha’s Time – Leviticus 23
“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you have a rest, a remembrance of Teru‛ah,” Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 23:24
“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Sukkot for seven days to יהוה.” Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 23:34
When Yahusha said – For My Time has not yet been filled…. It is these times found in the Torah that must be fulfilled completely.
Determining the Start of the Year
Yahusha declares His METHOD of Witnessing
“יהושע answered them, “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s Name, they bear witness concerning Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” Yoḥanan (John) 10:25-27
Did Yahusha WITNESS AGAINST the lunar based worship system of the 2nd Temple era?
From where did Yahusha receive His DIRECTIVES?
Yahusha – a Witness for YaHuWaH
“יהושע answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:16
Can we verify this from the Torah?
Your Clue – YaHuWaH speaks to Mosheh
“I shall raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers. And I shall put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be, the man who does not listen to My Words which He speaks in My Name, I require it of him.” Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 18:18-19
With this information in mind, when Yahusha told His brother – ‘My Time has not yet come…’ from Whom did these words originate?
Teaching by example, or just simple conversation?
When Yahusha told His brother – ‘My Time has not yet come…’ is it possible He was alluding to an imposter calendar issue which was being enforced by the high priest at that time? Would that also be the imposter high priest that later tore his faulty priestly garment?!
Was Yahusha TEACHING His brothers with WORDS instilled in Him from YaHuWaH (Deut 18:18) and also by walking out His PHYSICAL EXAMPLE? Let’s read His words further in the same conversation with His brothers –
“If anyone desires to do His desire, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from Elohim, or whether I speak from Myself. “He who speaks from himself is seeking his own esteem, but He who seeks the esteem of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.” Yoḥanan (John) 7:17-18
Yahusha’s Example
“And beginning at Mosheh [Torah] and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.” Luqas (Luke) 24:27
Yahusha tell us (John 7:17) if we truly desire to know His ways we will be given that understanding.
So if we are truly desiring to be on the correct Worship Calendar of YaHuWaH, would it be appropriate to search the Torah for information exposing ‘MY TIME’? (Reference to John 7:6)
Or should we just accept the Rabbinical Lunar/Solar calendar named the ‘Hebraic Calendar’ which is formulated and promoted by Judaism today?
Yahusha’s HAMMER
“Did not Mosheh give you the Torah? Yet not one of you DOES the Torah! Why do you seek to kill Me?” Yoḥanan (John) 7:19
Note: ‘DOES’ is an action word, not a belief value. Physical steps must be taken to fulfill this word. What physical action were the Pharisees either innocently or intentionally going afoul with by observing their Feasts (the Feasts of the Yahudim)?
Read also Matthew 5:20. What is it that we need to be doing that ‘exceeds’ that of the Scribes and Pharisees?
What declaration from Yahusha should send red flags blazing into the sky before our eyes?
The Key of Knowledge Removed!
“Woe to you learned in the Torah, because you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.” Luqas (Luke) 11:52
The context of this conversation from Yahusha to His brothers in John 7 is timing. What timing characteristic that the Scribes and Pharisees were observing had efficiently defiled the Torah?
Here in Luke 11 Yahusha is outlining some of the things where the Pharisees are going astray from the Word.
Question: What is the ‘key to knowledge’ that Yahusha was referencing?
A key is the vital piece of information that opens the portal to knowledge. Where is the Scriptures do we find a description of infinite knowledge?
YaHuWaH tells us where to find KNOWLEDGE.
“The heavens are proclaiming the esteem of Ěl; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hand. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. THE MAZZAROTH There is no speech, and there are no words, Their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He set up a tent for the sun, And it is like a bridegroom coming out of his room, It rejoices like a strong man to run the path. Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end; And naught is hidden from its heat.” Tehillim (Psalms) 19:1-6
What KNOWLEDGE are we searching for?
THE MAZZAROTH contains the full accurate outline in details, of this Knowledge; the complete Plan of Salvation!
The Mazzaroth’s Tequfah is the ‘centering pin’ which determines the start of YaHuWaH’s new worship year. The Tequfah is the ultra-specific celestial event which places us on the correct schedule to receive the full blessings of YaHuWaH! When we accept the removal of the Tequfah, (YaHuWaH’s ‘centering pin of timing’) and we follow along in the pagan lunar traditions, we then have placed ourselves on the Adversary’s schedule. Remember, the Dragon claimed in Isaiah 14:13-14 that he would control the Moedim. By accepting the lunar traditions, we accept the Dragon’s usurped authority!
Questions:
The Mazzaroth constellations = Infinite Knowledge
“Do you bind the bands of Kimah [Pleiadies], or loosen the cords of Kesil [Orion]? Do you bring out the constellations [Mazzaroth] in its season? Or do you lead the Bear [Arcturus] with its sons?” Iyoḇ (Job) 38:31-32
The Mazzaroth is the Master Time Clock of YaHuWaH! He used this system of determining time at the start of the Hebrew nation – see Genesis 17, 18 and 21:2. YaHuWaH does not change.
The exodus of the Yisraelites from Mitsrayim (Egypt) was timed by the Appointed Times (Moedim) which is governed by the Mazzaroth.
The entire plan of Salvation within the Mazzaroth Constellations is written in the sky every 24 hours.
Keys to Knowledge – Mazzaroth’s Rulership
Immediately after Job writes about the Mazzaroth in verses 31 and 32, he asks –
“Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?” Job 38:33 KJV
“Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you set their rule over the earth?” Iyoḇ (Job) 38:33 TS2009
Job references the Mazzaroth, then within a question clearly indicates of their commission for dominion over the earth!
What Dominion?
The Mazzaroth has absolute governing control as the commissioned TIME CLOCK of YaHuWaH over eternity.
Job Identifies the Light of the Moon!
“See, even the moon does not shine, and the stars have not been flawless in His eyes,” Iyoḇ (Job) 25:5
Celestial Position Comparison
The Scriptures (Psalms 19:4) inform us that the sun has been given a designated permanent residence within the Mazzaroth. It is an ohel (H168), a dwelling place.
What physical position, in a spiritual sense, has been given to the moon in the final days of the earth?
“And a great sign was seen in the heaven: a woman clad with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” Ḥazon (Revelation) 12:1
Questions:
It might not be as we have been previously taught!
Mazzaroth Constellations – Twelve!
“In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Ḥazon (Revelation) 22:2
There are TWELVE…
Question:
Where is a 13th month – with a second witness as required by YaHuWaH?
More Questions:
What about a second witness – from Yahusha?
Yahusha is TWELVE years old! His earthly parents take Him to the Passover. Please note very carefully, the wording of this next text.
“And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Yerushalayim according to the practice of the festival.” (Luke) 2:42 TS2009
Question: Have you ever questioned why the Scriptures tell us it was according to the practice of the festival – instead of saying – according to the Torah?
“And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.” Luke 2:42 KJV
What, and/or who, set the customs of this feast of the Yahudim?
‘customs of the feat’ – ‘A mistake in translation?’
The Scriptures are very clear and quite eager to tell us exactly when the Torah is being followed.
“And he came in the Spirit into the Set-apart Place. And as the parents brought in the Child יהושע, to do for Him according to the usual practice of the Torah,” Luqas (Luke) 2:27
“And when they had accomplished all matters according to the Torah of יהוה, they returned to Galil, to their city Natsareth.” Luqas (Luke) 2:39
Two Ideals – SIDE BY SIDE – a Visual, Psychological and Contextual Separation
Context: ‘…practice of the festival’
“When they had accomplished the days, as they returned, the Child יהושע stayed behind in Yerushalayim. And His parents did not know it,” Luqas (Luke) 2:43
Note: The Scriptures DO NOT SAY – When they had fulfilled the Torah…
We are to understand this text is telling us by the context from the previous verse, that –
When they had accomplished the days according to the practice of the festival (of the Yahudim)…
Yahusha’s parents had outright left Him behind to be quire frank.
Just a trivial accident? Or Torah Fulfillment?
And having seen Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? See, Your father and I have been anxiously seeking You.” Luqas (Luke) 2:48
Yahusha’s Response –
And He said to them, “Why were you seeking Me? Did you not know that I had to be in the MATTERS of My Father?” Luqas (Luke) 2:49
‘The Matters’ of the Father – YaHuWaH
“Three times in the year you are to celebrate a festival to Me: Guard the Festival of Matzot. Seven days you eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the new month of Aḇiḇ – for in it you came out of Mitsrayim – and do not appear before Me empty-handed; and the Festival of the Harvest, the first-fruits of your labours which you have sown in the field; and the Festival of the Ingathering at the outgoing of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labours from the field. “Three times in the year ALL YOUR MALES are to appear before the Master יהוה. Shemoth (Exodus) 23:14-17
What ‘ON EARTH’ was Yahusha thinking?
The questions we then need to ask ourselves is –
What ‘ON EARTH’ is this situation?
According to Yahusha –
Tishri 23 – The Yahudim’s Feast has ended!
Yahusha’s Contention!
Questions: Was Yahusha IN AGREEMENT with the Metonic Cycle – the lunar/solar calendar of the imposter 2nd Temple hierarchy?
Or, have the Scriptures efficiently exposed an obvious difference in observing Moedim between the Yahudim and Yahusha?
Recall the VOLUNTARY TRADITION THAT CREATES A CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH –
Questions:
Next time you are asked –
Next time you are asked –
Do we have any other information available to us on this topic – from the brother of Yahusha?
Ya’aqov – Half Brother to Yahusha
Ya’aqov (James in our English translations) has provided us with a mountain of information within one verse.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning. Ya‛aqoḇ (James) 1:17
Question: Does the moon cast forth its own light?
No? What lights could this verse possibly be pointing to? Genesis 1:16. There we read that YaHuWaH made TWO GREAT LIGHTS.
As the moon does not have its own light but only reflects the light of the sun, how can it be said that the moon is being referenced as one of the two great lights (or the lesser of the two great lights)?
What are the ‘TWO GREAT LIGHTS’?
What? – a Shadow?
YaHuWaH’s Celestial Boundary
This is YaHuWaH’s definition of a 360 degree circuit in the heavens –
“The sun also rises, and the sun sets, and hurries back to the place where it arose.” Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) 1:5
The completion of a circuit in the heavens is found at the ORIGINAL PLACE OF DEPARTURE. That original place of departure is the completion point of a 360 degree circuit.
Now let’s look at some of man’s lunar month definitions.
Man’s Designer Circuits (#1)
Man’s Designer Circuits (#2)
Sidereal Month (definition)
Did you note the amount of days required for the moon to complete a 360 degree circuit?
Man’s Designer Circuits (#3)
Note:
Man’s Designer Circuits (#4)
Synodic Month (definition) (quotes, hence the false heliocentric earth ideals)
Is this YaHuWaH’s established format for determining time?
Questions to Ponder:
Man’s Designer Circuits (#5)
Man’s new design includes points BEYOND A COMPLETED 360 DEGREE LUNATION CIRCUIT!
Man’s Designer Circuit Quotes (#6)
The Synodic Month/Metonic Cycle Quotes (#1)
Synodic Period
The Synodic Month/Metonic Cycle Connection Quotes (#2)
Who attempted to change times and laws? (Daniel 7:25)
YaHuWaH determined that these divine institutions founded at Creation defined a completed year and a 360 degree – 30 day monthly cyclical pattern!
What is the significance of this replacement?
When man chose to #1) replace the LIGHT of the sun and instead reference the reflected light from the moon and #2) remove the Mazzaroth’s TEQUFAH – what then did man in effect do?
Man has in effect REMOVED THE TWO GREAT LIGHTS OF Genesis 1:16 from having any importance whatsoever!
Ya’aqov (James) assures us the Mazzaroth based calendar that Noah operated on, has not, nor ever will be changed by YaHuWaH.
This information comes directly from the half-brother of Yahusha after His impalement at Golgotha.
Yahusha was NOT in agreement with the Pharisees’ LUNAR BASED TRADITIONS. Consider Yahusha’s cutting statement to them!
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go about the land and the sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of GĕHinnom twofold more than yourselves.” Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:15
Why? One reason is that they converted a person and placed that person on the LUNAR BASED CALENDAR that YaHuWaH PASSIONATELY DESPISES!
Another Scathing Statement
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.” Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:13
How have the Pharisees accomplished this heresy of silencing the governing authority of the heavens – (Mazzaroth)?
‘…because you took away the key of knowledge.’ Luke 11:52
How is this evil accomplished?
The Pharisees abandoned the Word of YaHuWaH where we are told about the Tequfah (equinox) ending and starting the new year and gave us their tradition of giving allegiance to the moon instead.
Tequfah Abandoned – Out of Covenant!
Yahusha’s Response to Their Choice!
The Pharisees had rejected the Tequfah for the Moon, to which Yahusha said –
YaHuWaH’s Appeal
Let us not fall into the trap that YaHuWaH warned us about in Judges 2.
“Therefore I also said, ‘I am not driving them out before you, and they shall be adversaries to you, and their mighty ones shall be a snare to you.’ ” So they forsook יהוה and served Ba‛al and the Ashtoreths. Then יהוה raised up rulers who saved them from the hand of those who plundered them.
However, they did not listen to their rulers either, but went whoring after other mighty ones, and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commands of יהוה – they did not do so.” Shophetim (Judges) 2:3, 13, 16-17
Question:
If we as a people are pledging allegiance to a pagan tradition of allowing the false leadership of the moon to guide us, ARE WE ‘BOWING’TO THE BA’ALS AND ASHTORETHS seen in this world TODAY?
My friend, let us repent and return to the Word of YaHuWaH with a passion never before realized. May YaHuWaH grant you never ending portions of guidance and wisdom.
Source: rymcovenant.net/did-yahusha-keep-the-solar-or-lunar-calendar/
Chodesh means Month and NOT Moon
By Samuel Thompson, Teaching Overseer & Shaliach to the Nations
The Hebrew Word “Chodesh” As Defined In Torah
The first time the Hebrew word “Chodesh” is in Genesis 7:11 and the second time the word is used is in Genesis 8:4. In both occasions the text is clearly dealing with the 17th day of the month. (At this time if one uses the sighting or conjunction of the new moon, then the moon is would in fact waning and thus it is physically unable to be associated with any “new” moon translation)
The first time the Word Chodesh is used in Torah is in Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, (H#2320) the seventeenth day of the month, (H#2320) the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
The Second time the word Chodesh is used in Torah is in Genesis 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, (H#2320) on the seventeenth day of the month, (H#2320) upon the mountains of Ararat.
The word Chodesh (H#2320) is found some 200+ times in the Torah, each time it is translated as Month. In the Torah this is the word used to mean “month” and, significantly, NOT “moon”
There are three instances, where in the translation to the KJV the word “month” has been added into the English translation where it does not actually exist in the Hebrew text of the Torah (Genesis 8:5; 8:13) but has been inferred.
In the Torah the moon is only mentioned four times. Once in connection with the prophetic sign of Joseph’s dream (Genesis 37:9), once in Deuteronomy 33:14 concerning the growth of fruits and vegetables and twice in Deuteronomy 4:18 and 17:3 concerning forbidden worship practices of the pagan nations.
Mashah ((Moses) does not teach anything at all concerning the moon and being in association with the calendar! At this point we must stop and consider Yahuah’s warnings through Mashah’s (Moses’s) of curses that will be placed on the practice of adding to or taking away from His instructions. (Deuteronomy 4:2)
In the Torah the word “Yerach” (H#3391) occurs but twice and is first translated in Deuteronomy 33:14 as “moon”, but in the second instance in Deuteronomy 21:13 as “month”.
There are no instances where the word “Chodesh” is translated as “new moon” in all the books of Torah.
The context of Deuteronomy 21:13 is quite significant to the translation since contextually it refers to the period that a Hebrew male is required to wait until he can marry a captive slave woman of the nations.
In Numbers 10:10 it is written that first day of the month offerings were heralded by the blowing of the twin sliver trumpets by the priests.
Given that as all the surrounding religions of the pagan nations, in accord with the Egyptians observed lunar months for their religious festivals and worshipped the moon.
Here the word “Yerach” being translated as “month” appears appropriate to denote the time given to the pagan captive woman for her period of grieving before her marriage to an Israelite as well as pointing to her leaving behind pagan moon worship religion of her ancestors and becoming part of Israel.
If we read Sefer Yashar Chapter 9:8-10 we can see that even Abraham’s father Terach worshipped elohim for every month of the year.
8 And Terach had twelve elohim of large size, made of wood and stone, after the twelve months of the year, and he served each one monthly, and every month Terach would bring his meat offering and drink offering to his elohim; this did Terach all the days.
9 And all that generation were wicked in the sight of hwhy, and they made every man his elohim, but they forsook hwhy who had created them.
10 And there was not a man found in those days in the whole earth, who knew hwhy (for they served each man his own elohim) except Noach and his household, and all those who were under his counsel knew hwhy in those days.
From the above verses we are given evidence that:
1. The Pagan Nations worshipped pagan elohim each month.
2. That each of the months started on a day where offerings were made to
these elohim.
3. That the Scriptural Months observed at that time were 12.
4. That Noach and Abraham did not do what Terach did, in other words
they would not have celebrated a so called “New Moon Day” each and every month as it simply is not commanded or instructed by Yahuah.
The word “Yareach” (H#3394) (a derivative of H#3391 ‘Yerach”) is translated as “moon” and is found only three times in the Torah, and twice in the Book Of Joshua.
In Joshua “Chodesh” (H#2320) is translated as “month” and is found twice Joshua 4:19 and 5:19.
Book of Judges: Neither the word moon or month is found.
Samuel: The word “Chodesh” (H#2320) is translated as “month” (1 Samuel 20:27; 20:37) but in 1Samuel 20:5, 18 and 20 it is translated as “New Moon”, in the conversation between David and Jonathan saying “tomorrow is the New Moon”.
The word should be translated for the word “Month” in each case without altering the context and thereby making it compliant with Torah.
The actual reading should be: “tomorrow is the (Month)”.
There are also two other words used within Torah for the English word “Moon” they are:
1. “Yareach” (H#3394)
2. “lbanah”(H#3842)
Job: The English translation “moon” is found twice; both times the word is Yareach (H#3394) Chodesh (H#2320) is not found.
Psalms: The English translation “moon” is found 9 times only. In Psalms 81 the word Chodesh (H#2320) is translated as “new moon” which would make more sense if it were translated into English as Month and it would be more compliant with Torah. The other 8 times of the occurrence of “moon” it is translated from the word “Yareach”.
Psalms 81: Nowhere in the Torah is it commanded as a statute for Israel to blow the trumpet on the new moon. This was not a statute for Israel. So either there is a mistranslation here or the psalmist is adding to the Torah which Yahuah forbids. In verse 3 the translation “new moon” the Hebrew word is Chodesh and should be translated as “month” and it becomes compliant with Torah and in so doing also clearly indicates that the verse can ONLY be referring to the Feast of Trumpets on the scriptural calendar!
Let’s have a look at these verses:
Psalms 81:3 Blow upH8628 the trumpetH7782 in the new moon,H2320 in the time appointed,H3677 on our solemn feastH2282 day.H3117
So the correct translation should be:
Psalms 81:3 Blow upH8628 the trumpetH7782 in the month,H2320 in the time appointed,H3677 on our solemn feastH2282 day.H3117
H2320 חדשׁ chodesh kho’-desh
From H2318; the new moon; by implication a month: – month (-ly), new moon.
H2318 חדשׁ chadash khaw-dash’
A primitive root; to be new; causatively to rebuild: – renew, repair.
That month we know to be the seventh month.
Song of Solomon, The word “lbanah” (H#3842) is used once for “moon”, The word “month” is not used.
Ezra The word “Chodesh” is used as month 12 times, and on one occasion the word “Yerach” is used as month (6:15). Ezra does not use the word moon.
Nehemiah: The word “Chodesh” is translated as month 6 times, and once it is added into the text by the translator (It does not exist in the Hebrew text). The translation of “new moon” is not used.
Esther: The word “Chodesh” is used as month 21 times with one occasion where “Month” is added by the translator. Moon is not used.
Isaiah: the word “Moon” is found 7 times, once without a number, because it was added by the translator in Isaiah 3:18. The two different forms of “Yareach” (H#3394) and (H#3391) are used three times, and “lbanah” (H#3842) is found twice translated as moon.
In Isaiah 66:23 the word “Chodesh” is translated as “new moon” but to be compliant with Torah and particularly with Numbers 10:10, it must be translated “from one month to another.”
Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass,H1961 that fromH4480 H1767 one new moonH2320 to another,H2320 and fromH4480 H1767 one sabbathH7676 to another,H7676 shall allH3605 fleshH1320 comeH935 to worshipH7812 beforeH6440 me, saithH559 Yahuah.H3068
Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass,H1961 that fromH4480 H1767 one new monthH2320 to another new month,H2320 and fromH4480 H1767 one sabbathH7676 to another sabbath,H7676 shall allH3605 fleshH1320 comeH935 to worshipH7812 beforeH6440 me, saithH559 Yahuah.H3068
Numbers 10:10 Also in the dayH3117 of your gladness,H8057 and in your solemn days,H4150 and in the beginningsH7218 of your months,H2320 ye shall blowH8628 with the trumpetsH2689 overH5921 your burnt offerings,H5930 and overH5921 the sacrificesH2077 of your peace offerings;H8002 that they may beH1961 to you for a memorialH2146 beforeH6440 your Eloah:H430 IH589 am YahuahH3068 your Eloah.H430
As we can see in Numbers 10:10 the word Chodesh (H#2320) has been translated correctly as “New Month” and NOT NEW MOON.
Jeremiah: uses the word Yareach twice as “moon”, Chodesh (H#2320) 18 times as month.
Ezekiel: the word Chodesh (H#2320) is translated 19 times as “month” but the word month appears added by the Translators many more times.
H2320 חדשׁ chodesh kho’-desh
From H2318; the new moon; by implication a month: – month (-ly), new moon.
In Ezekiel the word “Chodesh” (H#2320) is translated twice as “new moon” which again should be properly translated as month without changing the context. In both of these occasions the Hebrew text is not “Rosh Chodesh”, but “Yom Chodesh”, (Ezekiel 46:1 & 6) which should be translated as the first day of the month to be Torah compliant rather than “the day of the new moon”.
Incorrect Translation Ezekiel 46:1 ThusH3541 saithH559 YahuahH136 Eloah;H3069 The gateH8179 of the innerH6442 courtH2691 that lookethH6437 toward the eastH6921 shall beH1961 shutH5462 the sixH8337 workingH4639 days;H3117 it shall be opened,H6605 it shall be opened.H6605
Incorrect Translation Ezekiel 46:3 Likewise the peopleH5971 of the landH776 shall worshipH7812 at the doorH6607 of thisH1931 gateH8179 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 in the sabbathsH7676 and in the new moons.H2320
Correct Translation Ezekiel 46:1 ThusH3541 saithH559 YahuahH136 Eloah;H3069 The gateH8179 of the innerH6442 courtH2691 that lookethH6437 toward the eastH6921 shall beH1961 shutH5462 the sixH8337 workingH4639 days;H3117 it shall be opened,H6605 it shall be opened.H6605
Correct Translation Ezekiel 46:3 Likewise the peopleH5971 of the landH776 shall worshipH7812 at the doorH6607 of thisH1931 gateH8179 beforeH6440 YahuahH3068 in the sabbathsH7676 and in the new months.H2320
Joel: The Moon occurs three times and each time it is “Yareach”, the word month is found once in translation but not in the Hebrew Text.
Hosea: uses the word Chodesh (H#2320) as Month once, and does not use the word moon at all.
Amos 8:5 uses the word Chodesh (H#2320) as “Moon” once.
Habakkuk: uses the word “Yareach” as moon once.
Haggai: uses the word Chodesh (H#2320) four times as month.
Zechariah: uses the word Chodesh (H#2320) 5 times as month and once the word “Yareach” is translated as “month” (Zechariah 11:8). Twice the word “month” was added by translators.
1st Kings: Chodesh (H#2320) is translated as “Month” eleven times with three times the word month is Yareach.
2nd Kings: Chodesh (H#2320) translated as “Month” 8 times with “Yareach” being translated as month one time. Chodesh is translated as “Moon” one time and “Yareach” as moon one time.
1st Chronicles: Chodesh (H#2320) is translated sixteen times as “Month” and the word “Moon “is not found in the book 2nd Chronicles: Chodesh (H#2320) is translated fourteen times as “Month” and the word “Moon” is not found.
Below is all the scriptures you can look up to see the weight of evidence that uses the Hebrew word #2320 as “Month” and NOT “Moon”.
Month, 218
Gen_7:11 (2), Gen_8:4-5 (4), Gen_29:13-14 (4), Exo_12:2-3 (3), Exo_12:6, Exo_12:18 (2), Exo_13:4-5 (2), Exo_19:1 (2), Exo_23:15, Exo_34:18 (2), Exo_40:2, Exo_40:17 (2), Lev_16:29 (2), Lev_23:5-6 (2), Lev_23:24 (2), Lev_23:27, Lev_23:32, Lev_23:34, Lev_23:39, Lev_23:41, Lev_25:9, Lev_27:6, Num_1:1, Num_1:18, Num_3:15, Num_3:22, Num_3:28, Num_3:34, Num_3:39-40 (2), Num_3:43, Num_9:1, Num_9:3, Num_9:5, Num_9:11, Num_9:22, Num_10:11, Num_11:20-21 (2), Num_18:16, Num_20:1, Num_26:62, Num_28:14, Num_28:16-17 (2), Num_29:1 (2), Num_29:6-7 (2), Num_29:12, Num_33:3 (2), Num_33:38, Deu_1:3 (2), Deu_16:1 (2), Jos_4:19, Jos_5:10, 1Sa_20:27, 1Sa_20:34, 1Ki_4:7, 1Ki_4:27, 1Ki_5:14 (2), 1Ki_6:1 (2), 1Ki_6:38, 1Ki_8:2, 1Ki_12:32-33 (4), 2Ki_25:1 (2), 2Ki_25:3, 2Ki_25:8 (2), 2Ki_25:25, 2Ki_25:27 (2), 1Ch_12:15, 1 Chr 27 (15), 1 Chr 27 (15), 2Ch_5:2-3 (2), 2Ch_15:10 (2), 2Ch_29:3, 2Ch_29:17 (3), 2Ch_30:2, 2Ch_30:13, 2Ch_30:15, 2Ch_31:7 (2), 2Ch_35:1, Ezr_3:1, Ezr_3:6, Ezr_3:8, Ezr_6:19, Ezr_7:8-9 (3), Ezr_8:31, Ezr_10:9 (2), Ezr_10:16- 17 (2), Neh_2:1 (2), Neh_7:73, Neh_8:2, Neh_8:14, Neh_9:1, Est_2:16 (2), Est_3:7 (5), Est_3:12-13 (3), Est_8:9 (2), Est_8:12 (2), Est_9:1 (2), Est_9:15, Est_9:17, Est_9:19, Est_9:21-22 (2), Jer_1:3, Jer_2:24, Jer_28:1, Jer_28:17, Jer_36:9, Jer_36:22, Jer_39:1-2 (3), Jer_41:1, Jer_52:4 (2), Jer_52:6 (2), Jer_52:12 (2), Jer_52:31 (2), Eze_1:1-2 (2), Eze_29:1 (6), Eze_29:17, Eze_30:20 (2), Eze_32:1 (3), Eze_32:17, Eze_33:21, Eze_40:1, Eze_45:18, Eze_45:20-21 (2), Eze_45:25, Dan_10:4, Hos_5:7, Hag_1:1 (2), Hag_1:15, Hag_2:1, Hag_2:20, Zec_1:1, Zec_1:7 (2), Zec_7:3
Months, 37
Gen_38:24, Exo_12:2, Num_28:10-11 (2), Num_28:14, Jdg_11:37-39 (3), Jdg_19:2, Jdg_20:47, 1Sa_6:1, 1Sa_27:7, 2Sa_2:11, 2Sa_5:5, 2Sa_6:11, 2Sa_24:8, 2Sa_24:13, 1Ki_5:14, 1Ki_11:16, 2Ki_15:8, 2Ki_23:31, 2Ki_24:8, 1Ch_3:4, 1Ch_13:14, 1Ch_21:12, 1Ch_27:1, 2Ch_36:2, 2Ch_36:9, Est_2:12 (3), Job_14:5, Job_21:21, Eze_39:12, Eze_39:14, Eze_47:12, Amo_4:7
New, 20
1Sa_20:5, 1Sa_20:18, 1Sa_20:24, 2Ki_4:23, 1Ch_23:31, 2Ch_2:4, 2Ch_8:13, 2Ch_31:3, Ezr_3:5, Neh_10:33, Psa_81:3, Isa_1:13-14 (2), Isa_66:23, Eze_45:17, Eze_46:1, Eze_46:3, Eze_46:6, Hos_2:11, Amo_8:5
Moons, 11
1Ch_23:31, 2Ch_2:4, 2Ch_8:13, 2Ch_31:3, Ezr_3:5, Neh_10:33, Isa_1:13-14 (2), Eze_45:17, Eze_46:3, Hos_2:11
Moon, 9
1Sa_20:5, 1Sa_20:18, 1Sa_20:24, 2Ki_4:23, Psa_81:3, Isa_66:23, Eze_46:1, Eze_46:6, Amo_8:5
Monthly, 1
Isa_47:13
The Hebrew word for Month H#2320 is used 256 times for “Month” it is only used 20 times for the word “Moon” which in my opinion is just a mistranslation of that word.
The weight of evidence however points to the Hebrew word #2320 to mean “Month and NOT Moon.
However in all other instances of the Tanach (“First Covenant”) the translation of “moon” is not “Chodesh” but either “Yareach” or “Ibanah”.
To conclude this section, we have identified the following precepts:
1. From Torah (meaning “the instructions”) the” Word “Chodesh” ONLY means “Month” and never “moon”.
2. In the Torah, Mashah (Moses) does not give any instructions that associate a new moon or the moon in any of its phases with the scriptural calendar. (However, from archaeological evidence of the practices of the ancient Egyptian and Babylonian civilisations it is readily seen that all dominant ancient Middle East pagan nations kept their religious festivals in association with lunar month calendars.
3. Except for a few specific instances, the word “Chodesh” in the Hebrew text of the Tanach (Books of the “First Covenant”) it is translated as “Month”.
4. On the few occasions where ”Chodesh” is translated as “New Moon”, it can readily be replaced by the translation “Month” to be compliant with the Torah of Yahuah without changing the contextual meaning of the scripture.
At this point it is important to consider an obvious question, which will be answered in the next few teachings, and that is, why does one keep a Rosh Chodesh day every month when there is NO Torah commandment to do so?
And why do people reset their calendar months every month when there is NO commandment to do so?
Source: http://www.man-child.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Chodesh-means-month-NOT-moon.pdf
The Translation Error of New Moon
CHODESH MEANING MONTH STRONG’S #2320
The term “New Moon” (yareach chadash) is Not Written anywhere in the Hebrew Scriptures. The Scriptures only use the word “month” (chodesh), which means either “month” or “new month” on the Solar Calendar.
CHODESH means “Month” and its root word CHADASH which means “New.” They also confused the word YERACH which means “Month,” as in a “Complete Month,” with the word YAREACH which means “Moon,” and this is where the translation error of New Moon came into the various books and bibles, as it was commonly known that the Hebrew people observed the New Moon and kept a New Moon Festival every month.
However, this is not commanded in the Torah, nor is the term “New Moon” ever mentioned in the whole Torah when you look at the original Hebrew text.
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35 For I know and from now on will I declare it unto you, and it is not of my own devising; for the book is written before me, and on the heavenly tablets the division of yamim is ordained, lest they forget the feasts of the covenant-brit and walk according to the feasts of the goyim after their error and after their ignorance.
36 For there will be those who will assuredly make observations of the moon – how it disturbs the seasons and comes in from year to year ten yamim too soon.
37 For this reason the years will come upon them when they will disturb (the order) and make an abominable (yom) the yom of testimony and an unclean yom a feast yom and they will confound all the yamim, the kadosh with the unclean and the unclean yom with the kadosh; for they will go wrong as to the months and Shabbats and feasts and Jubilees.
38 For this reason I command and testify to you that you may testify to them; for after your death your children will disturb them, so that they will not make the year three hundred and sixty-four yamim only and for this reason they will go wrong as to the new months and seasons and Shabbats and feasts and they will eat all kinds of blood with all kinds of flesh.
Jubilees (Yovleem) 6:35-38
RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME 7TH EDITION
Glossary of Hebrew Words:
Yamim / Days
Brit / Covenant
Goyim (H) Nation (As Applied To Either Yisrael, Or The Gentiles Depending On Context). Also An Individual Not Born In Yisrael.
Yom / Day
Kadosh / Set-Apart
Shabbats / Sabbath Days
Source: http://www.logosapostolic.org/hebrew-word-studies/2320-chodesh-month.htm
THE JEWISH LUNI-SOLAR CALENDAR
The Jewish lunar calendar is essentially created as being canonized by Hillel II between 320-365 CE which is why it is called the Hillel II calendar.
In 197 BCE Judea became a province Seleucid Empire (the Greeks) which was ruled by the Syrian successors of Alexander the Great. Many Jews weren’t upset over this, in fact they became known as “Hellenistic” Jews because they eagerly wished to embrace everything that the Greek culture had to offer. This results in an intense cultural battle between some of the Hellenistic Jewish leaders and the Temple priests over the calendar.
The Hellenistic Jews wanted to conform “timekeeping” with the Greek’s lunar calendar while the Zadok priests believed that this calendar was pagan and shouldn’t be mixed with the true worship of YAHUAH ELOHIM.
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THE JEWISH LUNI-SOLAR CALENDAR
The Jewish lunar calendar is essentially created as being canonized by Hillel II between 320-365 CE which is why it is called the Hillel II calendar.
In 197 BCE Judea became a province Seleucid Empire (the Greeks) which was ruled by the Syrian successors of Alexander the Great. Many Jews weren’t upset over this, in fact they became known as “Hellenistic” Jews because they eagerly wished to embrace everything that the Greek culture had to offer. This results in an intense cultural battle between some of the Hellenistic Jewish leaders and the Temple priests over the calendar.
The Hellenistic Jews wanted to conform “timekeeping” with the Greek’s lunar calendar while the Zadok priests believed that this calendar was pagan and shouldn’t be mixed with the true worship of YAHUAH ELOHIM.
While the priests controlled the Temple and worship system there was a civil system in place…
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