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Time for yet another step in the Protestant Movement?
More truthful independent Bible translations!
No more Bibles “Authorized by…” the Vatican, by the Government, or by any
other Authority of men!
Revelation 14:8; 18:4!
This article is all about verifying my prior Bible Discoveries as reported
under this
link re the date of King Saul’s death…
That is by means of correlating the 24 continually rotating Priestly
Courses instituted by our Creator via Moses, with my discoveries as reported under
the tag 6000+ years in The
Sacred Calendar of the Creator in Progress (version XXIX.0).xls
The Psalms Sung in
the Temple at the Time of the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple
One of Several Events
Tied to the Priestly Courses as Referenced in the Bible…
Abstract & Summary:
Upon searching the internet for the exact date
when Solomon’s Temple was destroyed, I found the date Ab 9, and text, based, in
part, on the Talmud, seemingly indicating that Solomon’s Temple was destroyed
at “the conclusion of Shabbat.”
Upon careful analysis of the underlying Hebrew
text (Arakhin[1]
11b:17), however, I find that the Hebrew wordsומוצאי שבת translated “it was the conclusion of Shabbat” is a Talmud error (if thus translated). That
those same Hebrew words point rather to “the conclusion of [Ab] 7” (=the
conclusion of Day Three, Mon PM, Aug 13, 586 BCE) is clear both from the same
Talmud context (Arakhin 11b:17, 20), from the
associated Rashi
comments re said Hebrew words, and from Talmud
7:4 – Mishna Tamid 7.
The above said agrees perfectly with the
schedule for the near future Priestly Courses indicated in Wikipedia when
back tracking
said schedule to 586 BCE. Using Excel for said back tracking, and a Julian Day and Civil Date
Calculator, I find that the Sabbath JD Sat PM Aug 11, 586 BCE constitutes the
beginning of the First Division, Jehoiarib, and, using Starry Night Pro 8
astronomy software, I find that the subsequent Tuesday PM, the end of the Third
Day (of the week), is ‘the conclusion of Ab 7’, and thus a perfect fit.
Seeing not only that the above said date for
the destruction of Solomon’s Temple is exactly in harmony with the dates
provided in Wikipedia’s list of Priestly Divisions serving in the Temple, but
likewise that each of the dates of the following three events perfectly agree
with the dates indicated in the Bible, I find what I believe is powerful
support for the veracity of the dates indicated in said Wikipedia list, as well
as also the veracity of the projection of that Wikipedia list back in time all
the way to Moses’ Sinai initiation of the Priestly services in the Tabernacle:
2)
Zacharias’ service in the Course of Abia, Luke
1:5, 8, 11. The Course of Abia beginning on the Seventh Day Sabbath = JD Sat
Aug 19, 16 BCE;
3)
King Solomon’s dedication of the Temple during
the feast in the month Ethanim = Tishrei = the 7th month, 1 Kings
8:2, 65, 66. Most likely on Ethanim 21,[2]
the one Seventh Day Sabbath within the Feast of Tabernacles in 1009 BCE.[3], [4], [5]
That is, on the Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at Pre-Hezekiah calendar sunset
Friday Nov 19, 1009 BCE = JD sunset Sat Nov 20, 1009 BCE.
Notice in particular that the schedule of Temple services during
Solomon’s reign were an uninterrupted continuation of the Tabernacle services
as originally instituted according to God’s own instructions to Moses.[6]
Accordingly, the 1st Priestly Course, the Course of Jehoiarib, began
its Temple service on the Sabbath that fell out on Ethanim 28, beginning at sunset
on Pre-Hezekiah Fri Nov 26, 1009 BCE = sunset on JD Sat Nov 27, 1009 BCE.
Said schedule of Temple services were later organized as envisioned and
pre-planned by King David in the form of a Temple with Temple services
performed by 24 Priestly Divisions, or Courses, which plans of King David were
subsequently carried out through King Solomon and through his chief builder
Jeroboam, 1 Kings 6:38; 11:11, 26, 28.
Please notice also, in the table below, the chiasm structure of the
fourteen feast days held by Solomon! That is, on the Seventh Day Sabbath that
in 1009 BCE fell out on the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles, which
Seventh Day Sabbath in 1009 BCE was also the 21st day of the 7th
month, i.e. the very last day of the Hebrew and Biblical year. Also, I find it
most interesting that:
a. that year the
24th and last of the 24 Priestly Courses coincided with the last
seven days of the Hebrew and Biblical year;
b. that said 24th
Priestly Course is named Maaziah, an idem sonare to the name Messiah;[7]
c. that the
Sabbath of the dedication of Solomon’s Temple was the 1st of the 8
days of Maaziah’s Priestly Course (and thus a type reminding us of the Second
Coming of Christ as the Savior coming at the very end of an era);
d. that the first
Sabbath of the 1st Priestly Course coincided with the last day of
the fourteen-day feast held by Solomon. That is, the 3rd and last of
the 3 Seventh Day Sabbaths tied to Solomon’s 14-day feast;
e. that Solomon,
probably as per his father David’s instructions, chose to place the dedication
of the Temple on the Seventh Day Sabbath within a Feast of Tabernacles rather
than timing that event in accord with, and based upon, the beginning of the
cycle of 24 Priestly Services.
But that makes me wonder about the corresponding
correlations relative to Jeroboam’s spurious Feast Day, 1 Kings 12:28-33? Could
it be that that one was possibly tied to the beginning of said cycle of
Priestly Courses?... 1 Kings 11:40, 42, 43; 12:1-3, 5, 12, 15, 20, 25-26,
28-33.
So, when did Jeroboam reign? 1 Kings 15:9, 25. Well,
per my file The Sacred Calendar of the Creator in Progress (version XXIX.0).xls
Jeroboam reigned from the Biblical calendar year 981/980 BCE, i.e. Jeroboam’s
accession year, year zero of his reign, for 22 years into 959/958 BCE. Accordingly,
his 1st year of reign was 980/979 BCE, and his 2nd year
of reign was 979/978 BCE. That fall-to-fall reckoning is being used is
indicated by the Hebrew words ארבעים שׁנה, 1 Kings 11:42. Thus, Jeroboam’s Feast may well have been initiated
on Bul 15 in Jeroboam’s 1st year of reign.
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Legend: |
979
BCE Dates Pertaining to King Jeroboam's Spurious Feast |
Legend: |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
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Annual
Sabbath |
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Annual
Sabbath |
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Annual
Feast |
Biblical reckoning
(i.e. from the gateway sign in time):
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Jewish reckoning: |
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Annual
Feast |
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Solomon's
Feast |
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Solomon's
Feast |
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JD |
Weekday MN-MN |
Pre-Hezekiah's Long Day |
Weekday B4 sunset |
Date in Month #8 After
sunset |
Weekday After sunset |
JD |
Weekday MN-MN |
Pre-Hezekiah's Long Day |
Weekday B4 sunset |
Date in Month #8 After
sunset |
Weekday After sunset |
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Roch
HaShanah vs Day of Trumpets |
01-Oct |
Sun |
30-Sep |
Sat |
1 |
1 |
02-Oct |
Mon |
01-Oct |
Sun |
1 |
1 |
Roch
HaShanah vs Day of Trumpets |
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02-Oct |
Mon |
01-Oct |
Sun |
2 |
2 |
03-Oct |
Tue |
02-Oct |
Mon |
2 |
2 |
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03-Oct |
Tue |
02-Oct |
Mon |
3 |
3 |
04-Oct |
Wed |
03-Oct |
Tue |
3 |
3 |
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04-Oct |
Wed |
03-Oct |
Tue |
4 |
4 |
05-Oct |
Thu |
04-Oct |
Wed |
4 |
4 |
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05-Oct |
Thu |
04-Oct |
Wed |
5 |
5 |
06-Oct |
Fri |
05-Oct |
Thu |
5 |
5 |
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06-Oct |
Fri |
05-Oct |
Thu |
6 |
6 |
07-Oct |
Sat |
06-Oct |
Fri |
6 |
6 |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
07-Oct |
Sat |
06-Oct |
Fri |
7 |
7 |
08-Oct |
Sun |
07-Oct |
Sat |
7 |
7 |
7th
Day Sabbath |
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08-Oct |
Sun |
07-Oct |
Sat |
8 |
1 |
09-Oct |
Mon |
08-Oct |
Sun |
8 |
1 |
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09-Oct |
Mon |
08-Oct |
Sun |
9 |
2 |
10-Oct |
Tue |
09-Oct |
Mon |
9 |
2 |
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10th Day vs Day of
Atonement |
10-Oct |
Tue |
09-Oct |
Mon |
10 |
3 |
11-Oct |
Wed |
10-Oct |
Tue |
10 |
3 |
10th Day vs Day of
Atonement |
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11-Oct |
Wed |
10-Oct |
Tue |
11 |
4 |
12-Oct |
Thu |
11-Oct |
Wed |
11 |
4 |
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12-Oct |
Thu |
11-Oct |
Wed |
12 |
5 |
13-Oct |
Fri |
12-Oct |
Thu |
12 |
5 |
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13-Oct |
Fri |
12-Oct |
Thu |
13 |
6 |
14-Oct |
Sat |
13-Oct |
Fri |
13 |
6 |
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Passover
vs nothing |
14-Oct |
Sat |
13-Oct |
Fri |
14 |
7 |
15-Oct |
Sun |
14-Oct |
Sat |
14 |
7 |
Passover
vs nothing |
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Jeroboam's
Feast |
The
24th Priestly Course of Maaziah beginning |
15-Oct |
Sun |
14-Oct |
Sat |
15 |
1 |
16-Oct |
Mon |
15-Oct |
Sun |
15 |
1 |
Jeroboam's
Feast |
The
24th Priestly Course of Maaziah beginning |
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16-Oct |
Mon |
15-Oct |
Sun |
16 |
2 |
17-Oct |
Tue |
16-Oct |
Mon |
16 |
2 |
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17-Oct |
Tue |
16-Oct |
Mon |
17 |
3 |
18-Oct |
Wed |
17-Oct |
Tue |
17 |
3 |
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18-Oct |
Wed |
17-Oct |
Tue |
18 |
4 |
19-Oct |
Thu |
18-Oct |
Wed |
18 |
4 |
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19-Oct |
Thu |
18-Oct |
Wed |
19 |
5 |
20-Oct |
Fri |
19-Oct |
Thu |
19 |
5 |
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20-Oct |
Fri |
19-Oct |
Thu |
20 |
6 |
21-Oct |
Sat |
20-Oct |
Fri |
20 |
6 |
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7th Day
Sabbath & 1st Priestly Course beginning |
21-Oct |
Sat |
20-Oct |
Fri |
21 |
7 |
22-Oct |
Sun |
21-Oct |
Sat |
21 |
7 |
7th Day
Sabbath & 1st Priestly Course beginning |
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22-Oct |
Sun |
21-Oct |
Sat |
22 |
1 |
23-Oct |
Mon |
22-Oct |
Sun |
22 |
1 |
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23-Oct |
Mon |
22-Oct |
Sun |
23 |
2 |
24-Oct |
Tue |
23-Oct |
Mon |
23 |
2 |
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24-Oct |
Tue |
23-Oct |
Mon |
24 |
3 |
25-Oct |
Wed |
24-Oct |
Tue |
24 |
3 |
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25-Oct |
Wed |
24-Oct |
Tue |
25 |
4 |
26-Oct |
Thu |
25-Oct |
Wed |
25 |
4 |
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26-Oct |
Thu |
25-Oct |
Wed |
26 |
5 |
27-Oct |
Fri |
26-Oct |
Thu |
26 |
5 |
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27-Oct |
Fri |
26-Oct |
Thu |
27 |
6 |
28-Oct |
Sat |
27-Oct |
Fri |
27 |
6 |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
28-Oct |
Sat |
27-Oct |
Fri |
28 |
7 |
29-Oct |
Sun |
28-Oct |
Sat |
28 |
7 |
7th Day Sabbath |
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29-Oct |
Sun |
28-Oct |
Sat |
29 |
1 |
30-Oct |
Mon |
29-Oct |
Sun |
29 |
1 |
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30-Oct |
Mon |
29-Oct |
Sun |
30 |
2 |
31-Oct |
Tue |
30-Oct |
Mon |
30 |
2 |
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Notice in particular:
1. The 15th day of
the month vs. the First Day [of the week;]
2. Jeroboam’s
Feast on Bul 15 vs. Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple on the Seventh Day
Sabbath aka the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, i.e. Ethanim
21, and at the pinnacle of Solomon’s 14 days long feast;
3. The 1st
Priestly Course beginning on the Seventh Day Sabbath at the end of each king’s
feast. That is, the 24th and last of 24 Priestly Courses, the Course
Maaziah, began on the day most emphasized by each of said two kings:
a. On the Seventh
Day Sabbath, being also the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, of Solomon’s
Dedication of the Temple;
b. On Bul 15, the
First Day [of the week], while forgetting any correlation to any Sabbath or
Feast assigned by God. Compare the term “The Lord’s Day” as applied to “The
King’s Day”, “Jeroboam’s Day”!
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Dates
Pertaining to the Dedication of Solomon's Temple |
Legend: |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
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Annual
Sabbath |
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Annual
Sabbath |
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Annual
Feast |
Biblical reckoning
(i.e. from the gateway sign in time):
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Jewish reckoning: |
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Annual
Feast |
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Solomon's
Feast |
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Solomon's
Feast |
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JD |
Weekday MN-MN |
Pre-Hezekiah's Long Day |
Weekday B4 sunset |
Date in Month #7 After
sunset |
Weekday After sunset |
JD |
Weekday MN-MN |
Pre-Hezekiah's Long Day |
Weekday B4 sunset |
Date in Month #7 After
sunset |
Weekday After sunset |
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Day of Trumpets |
31-Oct |
Sun |
30-Oct |
Sat |
1 |
1 |
01-Nov |
Mon |
31-Oct |
Sun |
1 |
1 |
Day of Trumpets |
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01-Nov |
Mon |
31-Oct |
Sun |
2 |
2 |
02-Nov |
Tue |
01-Nov |
Mon |
2 |
2 |
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02-Nov |
Tue |
01-Nov |
Mon |
3 |
3 |
03-Nov |
Wed |
02-Nov |
Tue |
3 |
3 |
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03-Nov |
Wed |
02-Nov |
Tue |
4 |
4 |
04-Nov |
Thu |
03-Nov |
Wed |
4 |
4 |
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04-Nov |
Thu |
03-Nov |
Wed |
5 |
5 |
05-Nov |
Fri |
04-Nov |
Thu |
5 |
5 |
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05-Nov |
Fri |
04-Nov |
Thu |
6 |
6 |
06-Nov |
Sat |
05-Nov |
Fri |
6 |
6 |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
06-Nov |
Sat |
05-Nov |
Fri |
7 |
7 |
07-Nov |
Sun |
06-Nov |
Sat |
7 |
7 |
7th
Day Sabbath |
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07-Nov |
Sun |
06-Nov |
Sat |
8 |
1 |
08-Nov |
Mon |
07-Nov |
Sun |
8 |
1 |
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08-Nov |
Mon |
07-Nov |
Sun |
9 |
2 |
09-Nov |
Tue |
08-Nov |
Mon |
9 |
2 |
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Day of At-One-Meant |
09-Nov |
Tue |
08-Nov |
Mon |
10 |
3 |
10-Nov |
Wed |
09-Nov |
Tue |
10 |
3 |
Day of At-One-Meant |
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10-Nov |
Wed |
09-Nov |
Tue |
11 |
4 |
11-Nov |
Thu |
10-Nov |
Wed |
11 |
4 |
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11-Nov |
Thu |
10-Nov |
Wed |
12 |
5 |
12-Nov |
Fri |
11-Nov |
Thu |
12 |
5 |
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12-Nov |
Fri |
11-Nov |
Thu |
13 |
6 |
13-Nov |
Sat |
12-Nov |
Fri |
13 |
6 |
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7th
Day Sabbath |
13-Nov |
Sat |
12-Nov |
Fri |
14 |
7 |
14-Nov |
Sun |
13-Nov |
Sat |
14 |
7 |
7th
Day Sabbath |
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The Feast of Tabernacles |
"And... Solomon
held a feast… fourteen days" 1 Kings 8:65 |
14-Nov |
Sun |
13-Nov |
Sat |
15 |
1 |
15-Nov |
Mon |
14-Nov |
Sun |
15 |
1 |
"And... Solomon
held a feast… fourteen days" 1 Kings 8:65 |
The Feast of Tabernacles |
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15-Nov |
Mon |
14-Nov |
Sun |
16 |
2 |
16-Nov |
Tue |
15-Nov |
Mon |
16 |
2 |
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16-Nov |
Tue |
15-Nov |
Mon |
17 |
3 |
17-Nov |
Wed |
16-Nov |
Tue |
17 |
3 |
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17-Nov |
Wed |
16-Nov |
Tue |
18 |
4 |
18-Nov |
Thu |
17-Nov |
Wed |
18 |
4 |
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18-Nov |
Thu |
17-Nov |
Wed |
19 |
5 |
19-Nov |
Fri |
18-Nov |
Thu |
19 |
5 |
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19-Nov |
Fri |
18-Nov |
Thu |
20 |
6 |
20-Nov |
Sat |
19-Nov |
Fri |
20 |
6 |
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The
24th Priestly Course of Maaziah beginning |
20-Nov |
Sat |
19-Nov |
Fri |
21 |
7 |
21-Nov |
Sun |
20-Nov |
Sat |
21 |
7 |
The
24th Priestly Course of Maaziah beginning |
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8th Day
Feast |
21-Nov |
Sun |
20-Nov |
Sat |
22 |
1 |
22-Nov |
Mon |
21-Nov |
Sun |
22 |
1 |
8th Day
Feast |
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22-Nov |
Mon |
21-Nov |
Sun |
23 |
2 |
23-Nov |
Tue |
22-Nov |
Mon |
23 |
2 |
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23-Nov |
Tue |
22-Nov |
Mon |
24 |
3 |
24-Nov |
Wed |
23-Nov |
Tue |
24 |
3 |
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24-Nov |
Wed |
23-Nov |
Tue |
25 |
4 |
25-Nov |
Thu |
24-Nov |
Wed |
25 |
4 |
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25-Nov |
Thu |
24-Nov |
Wed |
26 |
5 |
26-Nov |
Fri |
25-Nov |
Thu |
26 |
5 |
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26-Nov |
Fri |
25-Nov |
Thu |
27 |
6 |
27-Nov |
Sat |
26-Nov |
Fri |
27 |
6 |
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7th Day
Sabbath & 1st Priestly Course beginning |
27-Nov |
Sat |
26-Nov |
Fri |
28 |
7 |
28-Nov |
Sun |
27-Nov |
Sat |
28 |
7 |
7th Day
Sabbath & 1st Priestly Course beginning |
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28-Nov |
Sun |
27-Nov |
Sat |
29 |
1 |
29-Nov |
Mon |
28-Nov |
Sun |
29 |
1 |
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29-Nov |
Mon |
28-Nov |
Sun |
30 |
2 |
30-Nov |
Tue |
29-Nov |
Mon |
30 |
2 |
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4)
The original initiation of the Priestly Courses
at Mt. Sinai per God’s own instructions to Moses as outlined in Exodus 40:2,
17. That is, on Preparation Day = the Sixth Day, beginning at sunset Thu Mar 9 [Pre-Joshua’s Long Day
calendar reckoning] = JD Sat Mar 11, 1494 BCE.
Thus, they all exactly harmonize with said
dates re the Priestly Courses listed in Wikipedia, and I find what I believe is
powerful support for the dates above specified, and for the original schedule
of Priestly Courses being preserved even until today.
Given all of the above, I believe we may at this time thereby exactly
bridge, that is, exactly date Biblical events both before King Jeroboam, and
ever since King Hezekiah. [To me this is most powerful evidence in support of
Bible history, while demolishing all validity of the teachings re evolution,
very long ages, etc.]
The Psalms as Hymns in the Temple of Jerusalem
By Gary A. Rendsburg
With
this as background, we turn to the Mishnah's mention of specific
Psalms used in the Temple
ceremony, starting with the list, provided
in Mishnah
Tamid 7:5 for the psalms recited on
a daily basis. 35 In this particular case, we
also may add that many
specialists in rabbinic literature aver that Tamid is one
of the oldest tractates (if not
the oldest tractate) in the Mishnah (which is to
say, it incorporates written
material from several generations before Judah ha-
Nasi),36 and hence
regardless of one's position on the question addressed in
the preceding paragraph, one may
utilize Tamid as a reliable source on older
practices. The relevant passage
reads as follows:
The song that the Levites would
recite in the Temple: on the first
day, they would recite, "to
Yhwh is the earth and its fullness, the
world and its inhabitants";
on the second [day], they would recite,
"Yhwh is great and much
praised, in the city of our God, his holy
mountain"; etc.
In typical Jewish tradition,
this text provides only the incipit for each psalm. To
translate this into our system
of numbering the Psalms-including not only the
two cited above, but the entire
roster of seven poems (note the 'etc.' at the end
of the excerpt)-we gain the
following list: 37
Day 1 Psalm 24
Day2 Psalm 48
Day3 Psalm 82
Day4 Psalm 94
Day 5 Psalm 81
Day6 Psalm 93
Sabbath Psalm 92
In the Masoretic codices, only
one of these psalms bears a superscription that
connects it to a specific day;
not surprisingly that psalm is the last on this list,
whose introductory verse reads
as follows:
Ps 92: 1 'A psalm, a song, for
tbe Sabbath day'
Quite remarkable, however, is
the additional testimony of the Septuagint (Lxx),
which assigns specific days to
five of the seven psalms, namely: 38
Day 1 Psalm 24 (Lxx Psalm 23)
Day2 Psalm 48 (Lxx Psalm 47)
Day4 Psalm 94 (Lxx
Psalm 93)
Day6 Psalm 93 (Lxx Psalm 92)
Sabbath Psalm 92 (Lxx Psalm,91)
Moreover, there is agreement
between this list and the rabbinic list
(notwithstanding the omission of
the psalms for Day 3 and Day 5 in the
Septuagint). These lines of
evidence (which are very much independent of each
other) converge to allow us to
reconstruct the ritual recitation. of these psalms
in the Temple during its last
century of existence.
(The
Psalms as Hymns in the Temple of Jerusalem, by Gary A. Rendsburg, pp. 109-110) [cached]
- - -
- - -
Mishna Tamid 7 (=Talmud
7:4)
"The Talmud even indicated that certain
psalms were sung on each day of the week: Sunday, Psalm 24; Monday, Psalm 48;
Tuesday, Psalm 82; Wednesday, Psalm 94;
Thursday, Psalm 81; Friday, Psalm 93; and Saturday (the Sabbath), Psalm
92.[9]" [Footnote 9: "Talmud 7:4"].
[From: https://rsc.byu.edu/approaching-holiness/psalms-sung#_noteref-9]
Talmud
7:4... Mishna Tamid 7:
הַשִּׁיר
שֶׁהָיוּ הַלְוִיִּם
אוֹמְרִים
בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ,
בַּיּוֹם
הָרִאשׁוֹן
הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים
(תהילים כ״ד:א׳),
לַה' הָאָרֶץ
וּמְלוֹאָהּ
תֵּבֵל
וְיֹשְׁבֵי
בָהּ.
בַּשֵּׁנִי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
מח), גָּדוֹל ה'
וּמְהֻלָּל
מְאֹד
בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ
הַר קָדְשׁוֹ.
בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי
הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים
(שם פב), אֱלֹהִים
נִצָּב
בַּעֲדַת אֵל
בְּקֶרֶב אֱלֹהִים
יִשְׁפֹּט.
בָּרְבִיעִי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
צד), אֵל נְקָמוֹת
ה' אֵל
נְקָמוֹת
הוֹפִיעַ
וְגוֹ'.
בַּחֲמִישִׁי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
פא), הַרְנִינוּ
לֵאלֹהִים
עוּזֵּנוּ,
הָרִיעוּ לֵאלֹהֵי
יַעֲקֹב.
בַּשִּׁשִּׁי
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
צג), ה' מָלָךְ
גֵּאוּת
לָבֵשׁ וְגוֹ'.
בְּשַׁבָּת
הָיוּ
אוֹמְרִים (שם
צב), מִזְמוֹר
שִׁיר לְיוֹם
הַשַּׁבָּת,
מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר
לֶעָתִיד
לָבֹא, לְיוֹם
שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ שַׁבָּת
מְנוּחָה
לְחַיֵּי
הָעוֹלָמִים:
Translation:
The following is a list of each daily psalm
that the Levites would recite in the Temple. On the first day of the week they
would recite the psalm beginning: “A psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s
and all it contains, the world and all who live in it” (Psalms, chapter 24). On
the second day they would recite the psalm beginning: “A song; a psalm of the
sons of Korah. Great is the Lord and highly to be praised in the city of God,
on His sacred mountain” (Psalms, chapter 48). On the third day they would
recite the psalm beginning: “A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly;
among the judges He delivers judgment” (Psalms, chapter 82). On the fourth day they would recite the psalm beginning: “O
Lord God, to Whom vengeance belongs, God to Whom vengeance belongs, shine
forth” (Psalms, chapter 94). On the fifth day they would recite the
psalm beginning: “For the leader; upon the Gittith, a
psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God, our strength; shout aloud to the God of
Jacob” (Psalms, chapter 81). On the sixth day they would recite the psalm
beginning: “The Lord reigns: He is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, girded
with strength” (Psalms, chapter 93). On Shabbat they would recite the psalm
beginning: “A psalm, a song for Shabbat day” (Psalms, chapter 92). This is
interpreted as a psalm, a song for the future, for the day that will be
entirely Shabbat and rest for everlasting life.
From: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Tamid.7.4?lang=bi
Arakhin 11b

[Within the excerpt below (from the text
above), Bold font is original (i.e. original as in this link) while
apparently indicating the English words that are at all based upon the Hebrew
words found within Hebrew text lines immediately above said English words. Said
Hebrew words in the lines below (numbered 16, 17, and 20) are exact copies of
the indicated sections above as circled in red. That the Bold font words are
indeed found in the Hebrew text is then double checked (by TLT©), and the
verified words are indicated in Blue, Red, Brown, or Orange font. Red, Brown, and Orange is used for indicating time related words]
…
(16)
ת"ש רבי
יוסי אומר מגלגלין
זכות ליום
זכאי וחובה
ליום חייב
[Google translation: [”Rabbi Yossi says from Galgalin a right for a rightful day and an obligation for a obligated day”]
Rabbi Yosei says: A fortunate matter is brought
about on an auspicious day, and a deleterious matter on an inauspicious day.
(17)
אמרו כשחרב
הבית בראשונה
אותו היום תשעה
באב היה
ומוצאי
שבת
היה ומוצאי
שביעית היתה
ומשמרתו
של יהויריב
היתה והיו
כהנים ולוים
עומדים על
דוכנן
ואומרים שירה
ומה שירה אמרו
(תהלים צד, כג)
וישב עליהם את
אונם וברעתם
יצמיתם ולא
הספיקו לומר
יצמיתם ה' אלהינו
עד שבאו
אויבים
וכבשום וכן בשניה
[Google translation: [”They said when the sword of [“when the sword of”=”was destroyed”] the house was on the first day of the same [“on the first day of the same”=” for the first time”] day Tisha [“Tisha”=”the Ninth”] B'av was and Saturday evening was [“Saturday evening was”=” i.e., it was on the day after Shabbat, a Sunday”=end of the 7th [of the month]=[An obvious Talmud error!/TLT©]] and Saturday evening was [“Saturday evening was”=”was the year after a Sabbatical Year [per the Jewish calendar reckoning (cf. Rambam comment below!)]”] and Yehoyrib's vigil [“vigil”=”priestly watch”] was and there were priests and Levites standing on their stand and saying poetry
And what song did they say (Psalms Tzad [Tzad=צד=94], 23) and their oppression and evil rested upon them, and they did not have enough time to say, "I will fast, O Lord our God, until enemies and sheep came, and likewise in the second”]
As
the Sages said: When the Temple was destroyed
for the first time, that day was the Ninth of
Av, a date on which several calamities had already occurred; and
it was the conclusion of Shabbat [“Shabbat”=seventh [day
of the month]; an obvious Talmud error, as also pointed out in the subsequent
Hebrew words quoted below!/TLT©], i.e., it was on the day after
Shabbat, a Sunday; and it was the year after a Sabbatical Year; and it was the week of
the priestly watch of Jehoiarib; and the priests and Levites were standing on their
platform and singing song. And what song were they singing? They were singing the verse: “And He brought upon them their own iniquity, and He will
cut them off in their own evil” (Psalms
94:23). And they did not manage to recite the end of that verse: “The Lord our God will cut them off,” before gentiles
came and conquered them. And likewise, the same happened when the Second Temple
was destroyed.
…
(20)
אמר
רבא ואיתימא
רב אשי ותסברא
שירה דיומיה
(תהלים כד, א) לה' הארץ
ומלואה וישב
עליהם את אונם
בשיר דארבעה
בשבת הוא אלא
אילייא
בעלמא הוא דנפל
להו בפומייהו
[Google translation:
[”Raba Vaitima [“Vaitima”=”and some”] said, Rav Ashi and Tasbara [“Tasbara”=”you understand”] sang daily [sang daily=”The song of the day for Sunday”] (Psalms 24:1) to the Lord of the earth and its fullness, and he sat down [“down”=”brought”] on them with the song of Darba [“Darba” =”the song for Wednesday, not the song for Sunday”=the Fourth [Day of the week]] on Shabbat [“on Shabbat” = in the seventh [of the month]], but Ilya [Ilya=lamentation] in Alma, he fell to him in his pumiyo”]
Rava said, and some say Rav Ashi said: And how can you
understand the description of the
destruction cited in the baraita? The
song of the day for Sunday, which
is when the baraita says that the Temple was destroyed, is the psalm
that begins: “The earth is the Lord’s, and the
fullness thereof” (Psalms 24:1).
And yet the verse that the baraita says that the Levites were singing, “And He brought upon
them their own iniquity,” is in the song for Wednesday, not the song for Sunday. Rather, it was merely
a portentous lamentation [eiliyya] that came into their mouths,
not an actual song recited over an offering.
Rabbi comments tied
to sentence #(17) above):
Rashi:
Google translation:
Moscha [“Moscha” = after] Shabbat - one on [“one on”=First [re the]] Shabbat.
And I leave from [“I leave from” = after] seven to eight.
And he sat down on them - a verse in the psalms in the psalm to God's vengeance.
TLT© comment:
Rashi seems to be pointing out that the
words “after the Shabbat” are an error for “after the 7th until the
8th.”
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Google translation:
3 Rambam Laws of Shemita and Yuval 10:3-4[TLT© comment: 10:3 above provides 410 years and 420 years, where I have 430 years and 572 years year respectively (The Sacred Calendar… (version XXIX.0); (From the beginning of building the temple until 586 BCE - Cell BL3364); 410 years, inclusive reckoning, from the disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant: & ScriptureCalendar-file (572 years from the day the 2nd temple was finished until 56 CE - Cell CT1572; 420 years brings me to 97 BCE…)]
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[1] “ ARAKHIN (Aram. עֲרָכִין,
"Valuations"), the fifth tractate of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and
Babylonian Talmud in the order of Kodashim.” (Encyclopedia.com)
[2] 1 Kings 6:38; 8:2; 12:32, 33. Given…
1.
the dates provided in 1 Ki
6:38; 8:2,
2.
considering that Solomon’s
dedication cannot likely have taken place prior to the Temple having been
finished,
3.
the fact that the record of Solomon’s
dedication event is placed subsequent (1 Kings 8:13, 65, 66) to the record of
the Temple having been finished (1 Kings 6:38), and
4.
the fact that no other year
for those events is given than the eleventh year of Solomon’s reign and the
seventh year of building it, it is clear to me that both of those events,
albeit subsequent to one another and almost one year apart, were reckoned as
falling within one and the same calendar year, 1 Kings 6:38.
That
being so, it follows also that the calendar year being used at the time was
reckoned from the Eight Day Feast at the beginning of the year, through the
Seventh and last Day of the Feast of Tabernacles at the end of the Biblical
year. That is, Tishri 22 thru Tishri 21.
Thus also the remaining seven or eight
days of the seventh month may now, since Hezekiah’s Long Day in the year
beginning in the fall of 699 BCE, be considered the evening twilight of the
year (including also the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles) prior to the
eighth month and the winter season’s darkness and cold. Yet, prior to
Hezekiah’s Long Day that Feast of Tabernacles fell out in the spring, at the
beginning of summer, and at the beginning of longer days and the hot season.
That is, due to a pole shift that transferred Jerusalem from the Southern Hemisphere
to the Northern Hemisphere.
On that note, and considering the
words…
“1Ki 8:65 And at
that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him… seven
days and seven days, even fourteen days.
1Ki 8:66 On the eighth day he
sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents…“
I find it plausible that the highlighted words of
those two verses are pointing to 1) the “seven days…”
of the Feast of Tabernacles, and 2) the “and seven days”
subsequent to, and including, “the Eighth Day”, Feast
(Tishri 22) prior to the New Moon of the eighth month, Bul, i.e. Bul 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, 28, and 29. Notice also that “he sent the people away…
went unto their tents… “! That is, unto the boots they had built on the
First Day of Tabernacles. Those words do not say ‘to their homes’ or ‘to their
houses’ or ‘to their villages’, etc., do they?
Furthermore, please notice that said fourteen days, or fifteen days if
you include the Seventh Day Sabbath immediately before the First Day of
Tabernacles, begin (cf. footnote #3) and end,
in that year, with a Seventh Day Sabbath. That is,
1.
Ethanim=Tishri 14, the First
Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at sunset Fri Nov 12, 1009 BCE [Pre-Hezekiah’s
Long Day calendar reckoning] = sunset JD Sat Nov 13, 1009 BCE (cf. footnote #3);
2.
Ethanim=Tishri 21, the Interim
Second Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at sunset Fri Nov
19, 1009 BCE [Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning] = sunset JD Sat Nov
20, 1009 BCE; and
3.
Ethanim=Tishri 28, the Third and
Final Seventh Day Sabbath beginning at sunset Fri Nov
26, 1009 BCE [Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning] = sunset JD Sat Nov
27, 1009 BCE.
Considering also, that at that time and
location, Jerusalem was located on the Southern Hemisphere, and that that time
of the year, ever since the Long Day of Joshua, was therefore spring time
rather than autumn time, it may be easier to understand how King Jeroboam was,
a few years later, able to sway his people towards the use of another calendar
than the one ordained by God through Moses and which was being used
theretofore, 1 Kings 12:32.
Given also that Jeroboam had been the
Chief of Building under Solomon, and that Jeroboam’s part of the building of
the Temple was finished in Bul, the eighth month, 1010 BCE, it is easy to
understand his choice of Bul in commemoration of himself, and of his accomplishments
as the Chief builder under King Solomon, within said calendar of his own
making.
[3] That
Solomon’s Dedication took place on Ethanim 21 (= Tishri 21 = the twenty-first day
of the seventh month = the Seventh Day of the Feast of Tabernacles) in that
year fell on a Seventh Day Sabbath, 1 Kings 8:2, is indicated by
1.
the fact that the Priestly
Courses are scheduled from Sabbath to Sabbath,
2.
the fact that (per my file
JewishPriestlyCoursesDatedBack.xlsm) the first Priestly Course,
Jehoiarib/Meron, is dated as beginning at sunset Fri Nov 26, 1009 BCE
[Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning] = JD sunset Sat Nov 27, 1009 BCE,
and
3.
the fact that it makes sense
for God to have arranged for the Priestly Course of Maazia (cf. ‘Messiah’), the
24th and last within the 24 Priestly Courses, coinciding with
Solomon’s dedication of the Temple on Ethanim = Tishrei 21, the First Day of
the Feast of Tabernacles, cf. Lev 23:34, 35; Ex 40:3, 17; 1 Kings 8:10, 11!
That is, as the Seventh Day Sabbath event culminating the chiasm of days and
events within the fourteen-day plus long feast held by King Solomon at that
time. On that note, please consider also the Shekhinah-like words “the cloud…
the glory of Yehovah” recorded in these verses:
1Ki 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
holy place, that the cloud filled the house of
the LORD,
1Ki 8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of
the cloud: for the glory of
the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
[4] The Seventh Day Sabbath begins at sunset Friday evenings.
This is a well-known fact implemented by most Seventh Day Sabbath observers
presently as well as also at the time of Solomon’s dedication of the Temple.
Nonetheless, due to the pole shift in
Hezekiah’s 15th year of reign, as evidenced 1) by the ten-hour
reversal of the shadow on King Ahaz’ sundial, Isa 38:8, and 2) by the
associated long day (10hr reverse + 10 hr retracking
+ 4 hr time zone travel + the regular 24hr day = 48
hours), the Julian Day (JD) calendar reckoning places those same beginnings of
said 7th Day Sabbaths (prior to Hezekiah’s 15th year of
reign) at sunset Saturdays, not sunset Fridays.
Accordingly, per JD reckoning, the
dedication of the Temple – which, most likely, occurred on the Seventh Day
Sabbath within the Feast of Tabernacles, 1 Kings 8:2, 65, 66. That Sabbath in
1009 BCE, began at (using Pre-Hezekiah’s Long Day calendar reckoning) sunset
Fri Nov 19, the 21st day of the 7th month, 1009 BCE = JD
sunset Sat Nov 20, 1009 BCE - is being reckoned as beginning at JD sunset Sat
Nov 20, 1009 BCE.
Does this mean that Sundays, beginning
at sunset Saturdays, could or should be reckoned as the Seventh Day Sabbath of
the Bible? No, absolutely not! Please remember the Long Day of Joshua! Using JD
reckoning for the time prior to Joshua’s Long Day, we find our Seventh Day
Sabbaths beginning at sunset Sundays (i.e. not at sunset Fridays, nor at sunset
Saturdays).
Whether or not there were like long days
at each of the many poleshifts prior to Joshua’s Long
Day, I do not know. That would depend on the location being used for the
reckoning of days at the time of each of said pole shifts. I contend that the
one valid time reference given us by our Creator and Maker, via the Bible, is
the location of the Biblical ark, first Noah’s ark, later the Ark of the
Covenant as it traveled from place to place for forty years in the desert.
Where is the Ark of the Covenant located today? Is there any firm evidence for
the Ark of the Covenant having been removed elsewhere from Jerusalem? There are
many contenders for such other current locations, indeed all around our planet,
yes. But no, I am not aware of any proof to the effect that the Ark of the
Covenant has indeed been removed out of Jerusalem. Much to the contrary!
Thus, I am convinced that we can all
firmly rely on our Creator, and upon His guidance. Where is His resting place,
the throne of God, if not in the form of the Shekhinah between the two
cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant? However, beyond that which may be
indicated within Ps 11:4; 47:8; Isa 6:1; 66:1; Jer
14:21; Dan 7:9; Matt 5:34; 18:20; Act 7:49; Heb 8:1; Rev 4:2; 4:4-10; 5:1, 6;
7:9, 10, 11, 15, 17; 8:3; 14:3; 19:4; Eze 10:7; Ex 33:20; 34:9, the word or
concept of the Shekhinah is not found in the Bible. Nevertheless, in Jer 3:17 we find Jerusalem being called “the throne of
Jehovah”. Cf. 2 Kings 18:22; 2 Chron 32:12; Isa 27:13; 36:7; Zec 14:16, 17; Joh
4:20, 21; Acts 8:27.
It is indeed a most important fact,
that, in order to establish any meaningful calendar, there must be one place
defined for each timed event. Most especially so re the place where the New
Moon is first being observed. If not, the first New Moon observation for any
given month will occur in variable places all around our globe, and no one will
know for certain which month is indicated by another party. Thus, the
importance of Jerusalem, defined as one such location. And prior to Jerusalem,
the Ark of the Covenant, and the Ark of Noah.
[5]
Notice carefully!: In current Jewish
calendars (cf. footnote #4!) each numbered
date of the month corresponds to the morning following next after the beginning
of the corresponding day. That is, it appears as though at this time and age
any given date currently provided in a Jewish calendar is tied to the sunset of
the Julian Day subsequent to the actual beginning of that particular date.
Indeed, it appears as though the Jewish calendar is still using, and thus
preserving, the calendar reckoning of theirs that was being used from the time
of Joshua’s Long Day until King Hezekiah’s 15th year of reign, and
which would be consistent with today’s Julian Day reckoning.
Could said Jewish reckoning be a remnant
from the calendar changes introduced by King Jeroboam? Could King Jeroboam’s
calendar somehow be associated with the very beginnings of Freemasonry?
[6] Considering
the many Bible passages recording how the priests carried the Ark of the
Covenant around throughout the reigns of Saul and David, I find very good
support for believing that the schedule of Priestly Courses, as instructed by
God via Moses at Mt. Sinai, had at that time not been forgotten or interrupted
and that said schedule was continued through David’s instructions to Solomon re
the building of the Temple.
Touching on said actions of the priests
following Saul’s death and David’s subsequent move into Jerusalem, please
consider 1Kings 2:11; 1 Chron 11:4-7; 13:14; 14:1;15:1-2, 17:1; 22:1-19;
23:1-2; 28:2.
Touching on David’s plans re the
building of the Temple, please consider 2 Sam 7:1-5, 13; 1 Kings 8:19; 1 Chron
17:11-12; 22:9-10; 28:2, 3, 6, 10-21.
Touching specifically on the Priestly
Courses during the reigns of David and Solomon, please consider 1 Chron
23:1-32; 24:1-31; 28:13, 21; 2 Chron 8:14.
Touching on the Priestly Courses during
the reign of Hezekiah, please consider 2 Chron 31:2, 15, 17; 35:10.
Considering also Ezra 6:18 I find
further evidence to the effect that the original schedule of Priestly Courses
was still intact and uninterrupted at the time of Ezra. Indeed, in said Bible
passage that concept is specifically expressed.
[Although I find no Bible passages
specifically dating King David’s initiative to build the Temple, at one time I
considered whether or not David’s 37th year of reign could be
significant in that regard. That is, per version XXIX.0 of my Excel spreadsheet
The Sacred Calendar of the Creator in Progress, 490 years prior to Cyrus’
Decree reaches to David’s 37th year of reign. Seeing that out of
three possible beginnings of the 1st Priestly Course in that year,
one happens to possibly coincide with Tishri 15 and the First Day of the Feast
of Tabernacles, while the remaining two do not harmonize with anything, I found
the Seventh Day Sabbath, JD Aug 24, 1023 BCE, of some potential interest.
However, seeing also that that date would require an exceptionally early Abib 1
(Feb 12, 1023 BCE, I find no lasting support for that idea. However, it did
arouse in me some considerations re the differing personalities, and the
differing agendas between David, Solomon, and Jeroboam.]
[7] Strong’s
4590 vs. Strong’s H4899:
מַעַזְיָה - ma‛azyâh, mah-az-yaw'; …rescue of Jah; Maazjah, the name of two Israelites; vs.
מָשִׁיחַ -
mâshı̂yach, maw-shee'-akh, From H4886; anointed;
usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint);
specifically the Messiah.