Troubleshooter

The Jericho campaign is evidence that Israel observed a weekly Sabbath determined by the lunar cycle.

The Manna ceased just before the Jericho campaign.

Now we know that the Manna first arrived on the sixteeth of Lyar...
...on the day following a Sabbath that fell on the 15th of the month.

Exodus 16:1-5 "And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."

Exodus 16:13-15 "And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat."


Here is the spring calendar so you can follow the dates...




So the next Sabbath fell on the 22nd Lyar and then the 29th Lyar.

This pattern of weekly Sabbaths is also seen in the first month Nisan...
...and the third month Sivan (and possibly demonstrated in the fourth month)...
...three months in a row Sabbaths fell on the same days of the month...
...which can only happen using a luni/solar calendar but not in a Julian/Gregorian calendar.


The Manna then ceased just prior to the Jericho campaign...
...again notice the dates.

Joshua 5:10-13 "And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?"

The 14th Nisan was Passover (eaten in the evening beginning/evening of the 15th)...
...on a lunar calendar the 15th was always a weekly Sabbath...
...'the morrow' then that the Manna ceased was the 16th day Nisan...
...which was one month short of 40 years since the Manna was first given.

Then the campaign is described in Joshua 6:3-4...

"And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets."

The seven day period is confirmed in the New Testament...

Hebrews 11:30 "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days."


The Book of Jasher also recounts the history of Israel and Jericho.

"And it was in the second month, on the first day of the month, that the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up, I have given Jericho into your hand with all of its people; and all your fighting men shall go round the city, once each day, in this manner shall you do for six days. 15 And the priests shall blow upon trumpets, and when you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall give a great shouting, that the walls of the city shall fall down; all the people shall go up every man against his opponent. 16 And Joshua did so according to all that the Lord had commanded him. 17 And on the seventh day they went round the city seven times, and the priests blew upon trumpets. 18 And at the seventh round, Joshua said to the people, Shout, for the Lord has delivered the whole city into our hands." Jasher 88:14-18

According to the Book of Jasher...
...the Jericho campaign began on the first day of the second month Lyar...
...this was a New Moon day...
...so the Jericho victory was complete on the seventh day of the month...
...the day before the first lunar Sabbath of the month on day eight.

So with reference to a luni/solar calendar...
...the Jericho campaign continued for seven days without violating the Sabbath command.

With a perpetual seven day cycle, one day of the seven would have to be a Sabbath.

It would seem strange if the Lord would have Israel keep Sabbath for forty years...
...and then have them break it as soon as they entered Cannan to defeat Jericho...
...but the anomally is solved by reference to the succession of Lunar weekly Sabbaths.

By using the luni/solar calendar evident in the biblical text and historical documents...
...there is no conflict between the conditions of the Sabbath command to Israel and the defeat of Jericho.


Here is the month of Lyar highlighting the seven Jericho campaign days.



The Book of Jasher specifies "...the second month, on the first day of the month..."...
...so day 1 is New Moon day...
...then an additional 6 days till day 7 which is the day before the Sabbath on day 8.


Footnote:

The Book of Jasher is mentioned twice in Holy Writ...

Joshua 10:13 "And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day."

2 Samuel 1:17-19 "And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, 18 and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar. He said: 19 "Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!"

The Book of Jasher was first translated into English in 1840...
...Ellen White regarded it as reliable history and quoted/paraphrased/plagarized from it about sixteen times.