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(Genesis 1:14 KJV) And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons , H4150 and for days, and years: H4150 מועדה מעד מועד mô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh mo-ade', mo-ade', mo-aw-daw' From H3259 ; properly an appointment , that is, a fixed time or season; specifically a festival ;

(Jeremiah 31:35 KJV) Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances H2708 of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name, H2708 חקּה chûqqâh khook-kaw' Feminine of H2706 , and meaning substantially the same: - appointed,appointment

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:1-2 KJV) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, [Concerning] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, [even] these [are] my feasts. (Leviticus 23:4 KJV) These [are] the feasts of the LORD , [even] holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:3 KJV) Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest , an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein] : it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. The Seventh Day

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:5 KJV) In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover. Passover

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:6 KJV) And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. Feast of unleavened bread

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:10-11 KJV) (Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. Feast of the firstfruits

What are the appointments? (Deuteronomy 16:10 KJV) And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God] , according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: Feast of weeks

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:24 KJV) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Feast of trumpets

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:27 KJV) Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Day of atonement

What are the appointments? (Leviticus 23:34 KJV) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month [shall be] the feast of tabernacles [for] seven days unto the LORD. Feast of tabernacles

When does the year start? (Deuteronomy 16:1 KJV1769) Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (Exodus 12:2 KJV1769) This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you. The month of Abib

How do you know the first day of the month? (Deuteronomy 16:1 KJV) Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (Exodus 12:2 KJV) This month H2320 [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you. Observing the new moon H2320 חדשׁ chôdesh kho'-desh From H2318 ; the new moon

When is the new moon? (1 Samuel 20:5 KJV) And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the new moon , (1 Samuel 20:27 KJV) And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month H2320 , When you don't see it! H2320 חדשׁ chôdesh kho'-desh From H2318 ; the new moon There can be one of two days of new moon

New Moon IS NOT part of the week (Ezekiel 46:1 KJV) Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. When you don't see it! There can be one of two days of new moon

The Hebrew Calendar is lunar based! (Genesis 1:14 KJV) And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for appointments , and for days, and years:

The month can have 29 or 30 days (Jeremiah 31:35 KJV) Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name,

The month can have one or two days of new moon (1 Samuel 20:5 KJV) And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the new moon , (1 Samuel 20:27 KJV) And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of new moon ,

But the first day of the week! This is not the first day of the month

But the first day of the week! This is not the first day of the month H7620 שׁבעה שׁבע שׁבוּע shâbûa‛ shâbûa‛ shebû‛âh shaw-boo'-ah, shaw-boo'-ah, sheb-oo-aw' literally sevened , that is, a week G4521 σάββατον sabbaton sab'-bat-on the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications: - sabbath (day), week.

Month with one day of new moon 29 days 7 days week Lunar based shabbath First day of the week New Moon Beginning of the month

Month with two days of new moon 30 days 7 days week Lunar based shabbath First day of the week New Moon Beginning of the month

Hebrew Calendar First day of the week New Moon Beginning of the month Shabbath 29 days month 30 days month

Lunar based month 1rst day 1rst day