Abib is the First Month of the Year

Abib is the First Month of the Year

Speaking of the month Abib, the month that is named after the ripening of barley in northern Egypt. He says to *keep* the month of Abib, which means young tender ears of barley, and all we have to do is just find out when this happens every year in the land of Egypt, Exodus 12:2, what else is there to even consider?

Abib will always be the month “in which” the equinox occurs in (March), according to Philo, who was an eye witness, during the time the Temple was still standing!

Yhwh's conversation with farmers concerning the month of Abib.

The children of Israel could not possibly keep the month of the Abib (ripe) barley in the same month as other regions around the world, because the barley would be Abib (ripe) at different times in several different months, because the barley ripens at different times around the earth, and everyone would “not” be keeping the feast in the same month, or season they left Egypt, and therefore not commemorating the the correct month, or season in which they left Egypt, Exodus 12:2!

Therefore only the month of Abib barley in the region where they were at, will be the first month of the year for them, which happens in March each year!

The month of Abib means the month of young tender ears of ripe barley, so imagine what was going in the mind of these slave farmers, when he commands to keep the month of Abib, they would not be thinking of the Equinox.

The month of Abib “anywhere else on earth”, other than the month of Abib “where they were at”, would have never entered their minds, when he said, in

Exo 13:4, “This day came ye out in the *month Abib*.” (Talkings about the Abib barley where they were at.)

They would not be thinking of the month of green ears of barley in Russia, Turkey, Spain, Ohio, etc, or even regions further north or south of where they were at, which could be in diferent stages several months apart, but the month of young tender ears of barley where they were standing.

Exo 13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt “keep this service “in” *this month*.”

(“In this month”, i.e. the month they were standing in, not in the month of Abib barley in other other lands they were going in to possess! It is referring to the month of young tender ears of barley/Abib, which happens in northern Egypt, which equels our solar month of March.)

Exo 23:15 “Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, *as I commanded thee*, in the *time appointed* of the month *Abib*; for in *it* thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:”

(This is a commandment of Yhwh, and *Time appointed* is referring to the 15th of the lunar month of Abib, or young tender green ears of barley, they used the solar and lunar in determining the time)

Exo 34:18 “The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as *I commanded thee*, in the *time* of the month *Abib*: for in the month *Abib* thou camest out from Egypt.”

(Again, it is stressed that it is a commandment of Yuhwuh to commemorate leaving Egypt at a very specific time of the year, and *Time* of the month, which is referring to the 15th of the lunar month of Abib, when barley Abib, or ripe, in northern Egypt *where they were at*, and not the Abib barley anywhere else, unless they are on the same agricultural plan as Egypt, Jericho, South Georgia, Florida, and other places around the earth!)

Deu 16:1 says, “Observe the month of *Abib*, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of *Abib* (Abib in northern Egypt) the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.”

(He wants us to commemorate the “right time and season” that they were brought out of Egypt, no matter where they went on earth, why should we fight against it?

We would not want to commemorate the crucifixion on the 15 th of December, or 911 on 811, or Memorial Day in some other month or day of the year.)

Exo 9:31 “And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the *ear* (Abib) and the flax was bolled.”

(The word *ear* in this verse is the same word for Abib. Barley was Abib, in a stage ready for harvest)

Lev 2:14 “And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green *ears* (Abib) of corn (Barley) dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of *full* ears.”

(The word for *ears* is also the same word for Abib, as in exodus 9:31, and full ears dried by the fire shows us the stage of the tender ripe green ears of barley that was dried by the fire so it could be ground into flower for the meat/grain offering, which would be impossible in a later month of April when the ears are no longer young tender ears of barley, which does not fit the definition of Abib barley that you dried by the fire, but would be old hard ears, dried by the sun, and when you put the sickle to the corn, it would fly everywhere, Deuteronomy 16:9.

The feast is to be held at a very specific time, and the devil will try to get us off that specific time, any way he can. He don’t want us to be blessed.

What should we think when we hear the phrase *in the month of Abib*?

Answer: we should think what the slave FARMERS thought when they heard it, MONTH of YOUNG TENDER EARS Of BARLEY in Northern Egypt, and not Equinox, although it will be the same first month (March) in which the equinox occurs in, as Philo speaks of!

What we do know about the commandment of Yuhwuh and the timing of the first month feast in the month of Abib?

We know that the month of the Abib barley *in Egypt* will commemorate the *season* that they left Egypt bondage, not the month of Abib barley further north of Israel. The month of Abib barley in Jericho, which is in the southern border of Israel, will do, because it is on the same plane as northern Egypt, and therefore the barley ripens in March, same as in northern Egypt.

It is interesting to note that Moses never speaks to the children of Israel as to how to find the first month of the year any other way than the month of Abib, which means the month of young tender ears of barley, and is understood as the first month of the year to these Farmers!!!

So simple, meditate on that for awhile.

Not once did Moses speak to the people that the month of Abib is to be found by using the great lights of Genesis 1:14, although it can be done if we understand how it works, which most people don’t.

Moses did speak to the children of Israel to keep the month of Abib. The watch word, that some overlook, is the word *Abib*!

The word *Abib* is key in knowing what month is first, and there can be only one month of Abib, or there would be major confusion!!!

There is no young tender ears of barley, where they were at, in April, in that part of the country. It is NOT just any month of Abib, which means young tender ears of barley, but the month that the barley is in the ear/Abib where they were, and the children of Israel knew exactly what month that happened in, in the northern part of Egypt, where they and Moses and Aaron were, see Exodus 12:2.

Notice the wisdom of Yuhwuh by saying, “And Yhwh spoke to Moses and Aaron IN THE LAND OF *EGYPT* saying *this month*

By saying that he spoke to them in the land of Egypt, locks every thing down, BECAUSE every other places on earth can manipulate their harvest by planting several months early or late in order to make the harvest come in when they want it to, but Yhwh had Egypt limited by the flooding of the Nile River, which overflowed at a specific time, which limited the planting and harvest times.

In ancient Egypt they sewed barley seeds in October, and harvested in March.

The hail smote throughout all Egypt during the month that Yhwh calls Abib, but in southern Egypt, the barley ripens earlier and might have already been harvested or no longer be in the Abib stage as it was in northern Egypt when the hail hit, where Moses and Aaron was, therefore the month of Abib is the month when the barley is in the young tender ear stage (Abib), where Moses was, which happens in our month of March in that part of the world.

The timing of the Abib barley in northern Egypt is equivalent to our solar month of March, because that is when the sun ripens the grain in that part of the world, even to this day!!!

Barley is Abib in different places all over the world, but in upper Egypt and in southern Isrell, it is around the first of March, and that is why the barley hunters go to Jericho Isrell at this time, to witness the Abib barley!

It was very clear to Moses and these slave *farmers* as to which month was the month of Abib, which Yuhwuh calls the first month of the year for them, and they knew exactly what solar and lunar month it happens in!

12:2 *This month* shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the *first month* of the year to you.”

(When he says “this month”, They knew what month they were in, and it was the month in which the barley ripens, from which the month gets it’s name from.

He was speaking to them on the 14 th day of the month, when he spoke these words, “this month”, and five days earlier, the barley was in the ear (Abib), when the hailstorm smote it. It was the month of Abib, or young tender ears of barley.

when he said, *This month*, it is referring to the month of March, at which time the barley is ripe each year where they were, in northern Egypt, and therefore March is the correct season. The fourteenth day of the lunar month will cause the exact time to kill the Passover to vary back and forth in the solar month of March.

Exo 12:14 “And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance *for ever*.”

Exo 13:4 “This day came ye out in the *month Abib*.”

Exo 13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,

which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt “keep this service “in” *this month*.”

(“In this month” is referring to the month of young tender ears of barley/Abib, which happens in northern Egypt in our solar month of March.)

(This is a commandment of Yhwh, and *Time appointed* is referring to the 15th of the month of Abib, or green ears of barley)

(Again, it is stressed that it is a commandment of Yuhwuh, and *Time* of the month is referring to the 15th of the lunar month of Abib)

Deu 16:1 “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.”

(He wants us to commemorate the right time and season that they were brought out of Egypt, why fight against it?)

Exo 9:31 “And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the *ear* (Abib) and the flax was bolled.”

(The word *ear* in this verse is the same word for Abib. Barley was Abib, ready for harvest)

Lev 2:14 “And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green *ears* (Abib) of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of *full* ears.”

(The word for *ears* is also the same word for Abib, as in exodus 9:31, and full ears dried by the fire shows us the stage of the ripe green barley that was dried by the fire so it could be ground into flower for the meat/grain offering, which would be impossible in a later month when the ears are no longer young tender ears of barley, which does not fit the definition of Abib. If we wait until the second month of the year, we have old hard ears of barley, dried by the sun, instead of young tender ears of barley dried by the fire!)

H24 (Strong)

אָבִיב

'âbı̂yb

aw-beeb'

From an unused root (meaning to be *tender*); green, that is a *young

ear of grain*; hence the *name of the month Abib* or Nisan: - Abib, ear, *green ears of corn*.

Lev 2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of “corn” (Abib) dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

(The Hebrew definition of Abib is young tender green ears of barley, and only the month of March fits this Hebrew definition in northern Egypt.)

Exodus 12:2 speaks of the first month of the year. The Hebrew word for Year means revolution. The sun makes the revolution a proximally every 365 and ¼ days, and I have scriptural reasons to believe the starting and ending point of the solar revolution of the sun is when the sun comes back to the point of equal 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, just like in creation when the light and darkness were equally divided. The 12 hours of light beginning with the dawn/morning light and going all the way through to the end of the evening/dusk light, to darkness again. This is a revolution of the year, and the first new moon of the year/revolution comes after this event of 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, which happens around February 19 or 24, not March 20.

Remember the light he called day, which would include the morning dawn light and all the way through the evening dusk light, but the Roman calendar does not include this light in with the day, but adds this light to the darkness, in order to make their artificial calendar work. When the light, that he calls day, goes away at dark, that day is gone and another twenty four hour day begins at dark, just like that first day in creation began in darkness.

Deu 16:6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the *season* that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

(Timing is evening to him! He wants us to commemorate this great monumental event at the correct time or season they left Egypt, not a month later. And also commemorate it on the correct day, not a day later. The three feast each year are harvest feast, and are centered around the harvests, not anything else.

Once the first month is established, all the other months will automatically follow, and the thirteenth moon will be automatically be produced by NATURE, instead of man arbitrarily deciding to declare a thirteenth month in order to fit his theology, instead of letting NATURE do it!

The 14 day of the month has plenty to do with the timing of the Passover being killed, but the equinox or anyone’s opinion has nothing to do with it, i.e. when the month of Abib arrives, you count 14 days and then kill the Passover between the evenings, nothing else matters, including the equinox etc.)

H4150 (Strong)

מוֹעָדָה מֹעֵד מוֹעֵד

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;

Find out what Abib means, and then what month it occurs in, and it will be the month of Abib, no further institutions were given as to the correct month!

Again, the barley is not Abib everywhere at the same time, therefore we must know where the people were when Yhwh said, “this month is the first month of the year to you.”

The barley is Abib in March in northern Egypt, where Moses and Arron was, and in the southern part of Isrell (Jericho) when they came into the land, but the further north we go, the barley is not Abib until April and then May, etc, but no matter where they go after the season of leaving Egypt is established (exodus 12:2), they are to commemorate the month of Abib (March), the season that they were delivered from Egypt, from year to year.

The month that the barley was Abib in, in northern Egypt (March), is the month of Abib for the people of Yuhwuh to commemorate all over the world.

When we read the above verses as to when and what month we are commanded to keep his feast in, the commandment is very plain and straightforward, and there is absolutely nothing else to even consider.

“The Egyptians recognized three seasons: Akhet (flooding), Peret (planting), and Shemu (harvesting). The flooding season lasted from *June to September*, depositing on the river's banks a layer of mineral-rich silt ideal for growing crops. After the floodwaters had receded, the growing season lasted from *October to February*. Farmers plowed and planted seeds in the fields, which were irrigated with ditches and canals. Egypt received little rainfall, so farmers relied on the Nile to water their crops.[84] From *March to May*, farmers used sickles to harvest their crops,”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt

According to Pliny, the barley is reaped in the sixth month after the sowing-time, the wheat in the seventh. The barley is ripe about the end of February or beginning of March; the wheat, at the end of March or beginning of April. The flax is in flower at the end of January. In the neighbourhood of Alexandria,

The sewing time in ancient Egypt would begin in October and the sixth month for harvest would begin in March!

Pliny observes, Hist. Nat., lib. xviii., cap. 10, that in Egypt the barley is ready for reaping in six months after it is sown, and wheat in seven. In Aegypto Hordeum sexto a satu mense, Feumenta septimo metuntur.

Albert Barns notes on Exodus 9:31 says,

“The flax was bolled - i. e. in blossom. This marks the time. In the north of Egypt the barley ripens and flax blossoms about the middle of February, or at the *latest early in March*, and both are gathered in *before April*.”

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The Hebrew definition of year’s *end* in exodus 34:22 is,

H8622 (Strong)

תְּקֻפָה תְּקוּפָה

teqûphâh teqûphâh

tek-oo-faw', tek-oo-faw'

From H5362; a *revolution*, that is, (of the sun) course, (of time) lapse: - *circuit*, come about, end.

If tekufah is referring to the Autumnal equinox, which is in the seventh month (September), and the Greek Septuagint on Exodus 34:22 actually

Says to keep the feast in the *middle* of the year or middle of the revolution or circuit, which is in September, then the other end of the circuit is at the Spring equinox in *March* and has to be the *first month* when the first month feast is held!

The fall feast is in the “middle” or “halfway point.” Since the autumnal equinox is the halfway point of the circuit that only reaches its “full circle” at the vernal equinox, and this has to be the first and seventh month in which Philo teaches the feasts are to be kept.

THE FIFTH FESTIVAL

XXVIII. (150) And there is another festival combined with the feast of the passover, having a use of food different from the usual one, and not customary; the use, namely, of unleavened bread, from which it derives its name. And there are two accounts given of this festival, the one peculiar to the nation, on account of the migration already described; the other a common one, in accordance with conformity to nature and with the harmony of the whole world. And we must consider how accurate the hypothesis is. This month, being the seventh both in number and order, according to the revolutions of the sun, is the first in power; (151) on which account it is also called the first in the sacred scriptures. And the reason, as I imagine, is as follows. The vernal equinox (notice the vernal equinox is connected with the first month) is an imitation and representation of that beginning in accordance with which this world was created. Accordingly, every year, God reminds men of the creation of the world, and with this view puts forward the spring, in which season all plants flourish and bloom; (152) for which reason this is very correctly set down in the law as the first month, since, in a manner, it may be said to be an impression of the first beginning of all, being stamped by it as by an archetypal Seal.{18}{sections 153û154 were omitted in Yonge's translation because the edition on which Yonge based his translation, Mangey, lacked this material. These lines have been newly translated for this volume.} (153) Although “the month in which the autumnal equinox occurs “is first” in sequence according to solar orbits, it is not considered first in the law.”

I have not verified the following word tekufah.

Philo, who used the Septuagint Bible, would have most likely been familiar with mesountos (μεσούντος), the Greek word-used to translate tekufah. Mesountos, which is word #3322 in Strong’s Greek Dictionary of the New Testament, means “middle” or “halfway point.” Since the autumnal equinox is the halfway point of the circuit that only reaches its “full circle” at the vernal equinox, we can see how Philo, as well as normative Judaism, would have understood tekufah to represent the equinox.

Note: If the autumnal equinox, which is in September, is the halfway point of the circuit that only reaches its “full circle” at the vernal equinox, as Philo says, it makes March the FIRST month of the year, and September the seventh!

Yuhwuh gave commandments to the children of Israel and told the blessings that they would receive for keeping them, in their season, when they come into the land, and among the commandments was to keep unleavened bread in the *month of Abib*!

We can find the first month of the year by using great lights in Genesis 1-14, but the Israelites were ALWAYS instructed to go by the month of Abib, which means the month of young tender ears of barley, at the season they were delivered from Egypt bondage, which is in March.

As a matter of fact, Genesis 1:14 is not even taking to men, but he is speaking to creation and commanding the heavens to let there be lights in the ferment and the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light rule the night, etc, he’s not telling us/man to let lights be in the ferment, man was not even created yet, when he was commanding the heavens and earth!

I will hi-light the instructions, which these Farmres understood, and point out the blessings in exodus 23:14-26 for keeping his commandments at the right time, including the month of Abib.

Exo 23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

Exo 23:15 Thou shalt keep *the feast of unleavened bread*: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, *as *I* commanded thee*, in the *time appointed* of the *month Abib*; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)…..

Exo 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then *I will be an enemy unto thine enemies*, and an *adversary unto thine adversaries*…….

Exo 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall *bless thy bread*, *and thy water*; and I will *take sickness away from the midst of thee*.

Exo 23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: *the number of thy days I will *fulfil*.”

I skipped over some verses where I put the dots …..but it did not change anything. The mouth of Yuhwuh has spoken it.

Notice he never mentioned the Equinox or great lights of Genesis 1:14, when instructing them “when” to keep the feast! Hummmm

See more details on this subject at True First Month

Philo’s first month

OUR SAVIOR OBSERVED THE SAME FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR AS DID THE JEWS.

Certainly, a first-century Levite known as Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BCE – 50 CE) knew when the first month of the year occurred. On at least three separate occasions he matter-of-factly wrote that this is when the New Year begins.

We can CONCLUSIVELY prove from Scripture that our Savior kept the SAME weekly Sabbath and feasts as did the Jews of his day and we can CONCLUSIVELY prove from the Historical evidence that the Jews of His day observed the month that the equinox occurred in as the first month of the year.

This CONCLUSIVE Historical evidence is recorded in the book of Philo, who was from the priestly tribe of Levi and lived during the same time our Saviour. Philo was an eyewitness of how and when they began the first month of the year at the time of the Messiah and His Apostles.

Philo gives an “eyewitness” account as to how our “Savior” and the “Israelites” of that day kept the feasts and found the first month of the year. He teaches the month in which the equinox occurs is the first month of the year.

People accept the scripture where it says that they would “forget” His Name for Ball/lord but won’t accept where the scripture says that He would destroy their Sanctuary and cause His Sabbaths AND FEAST DAYS to be “FORGOTTEN” in Zion Lamentation 2:6.

Yes the Name AND Sabbath and FTEASTES days were all forgotten and are now being restored to those that are willing to listen.

WHY ARE THE WRITING’S OF PHILO SO IMPORTANT?????

“In the quest for Historical evidence as it relates to “WHEN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR BEGINS” during the time of the Messiah, we have noticed that Philo is not often mentioned by those who support watching for the barley or for the new moon after the equinox etc.

The writings of Philo are very important for establishing all “Israelite PRACTICE” and belief both before and “during the Messiah’s” time here on earth. Philo lived from approximately 20 BCE until about 50 CE. Thus, his lifetime spanned not only the years prior to the Messiah’s birth, but also the years following His resurrection (not to mention the years in between).

The evidence reveals that Philo’s beliefs were representative of those of the Israelites during that period of time. Philo, who was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of more than 100,000 Israelites living in that city. When the prefect Flaccus initiated a massacre of them in the year 39 CE, PHILO WAS SELECTED to head the delegation that went to Rome to plead their case before Gaius Caligula.

Please pause for a moment and reflect on the “SIGNIFICANCE” of Philo’s having been chosen from among his peers for such a monumental task. “WOULD PHILO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR SUCH A MISSION “IF” HIS PRACTICE AND BELIEFS “HAD NOT” SQUARED WITH THOSE OF NORMATIVE Israelites?”

No, he would not have been chosen unless his views matched those of his peers. We know from Philo’s writings that he “OBSERVED” "THE MONTH IN WHICH THE EQUINOX OCCURS, AS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR!

If normative Israelites had practiced "beginning their month AFTER the traditional equinox" while Philo rebelliously observed "the month in which the equinox occurs, as the first month of the year" (THE SPECIAL LAWS, II, (153) page 582 AND ON THE CREATION (116) Page 17, would this detail have affected their decision to select him to lead a delegation to Rome???

ABSOLUTELY. Feast observance is one of the most DISTINGUISHING MARKS of Israel, and all the males were to appear before the Almighty, three times in the year. The annual feast "epitomizes the whole of Israel.

For Philo to have "gone against the grain" of the Israelites with regard to feasts observance would have signaled a break with Israel. We can thus discern that if Philo observed the Annual Feasts and the moon/month in which the equinox occurs, SO DID THE REST OF HIS FELLOW Israelites, including our Savior and His Apostles because there were absolutely NO CONTROVERSY between our Savior and the so-called Jews concerning the feasts found in Scripture, as a matter of fact I can conclusively prove from scripture that the Messiah kept the same feasts as did all the Judahites of his day.

We believe Philo did a pretty decent job of explaining when the first day of the month, and the first month of the year began, which are covered in detail in his book.

We feel that a major blow to observing the new moon after the equinox theology involves that which Philo “left out” of his writings pertaining to any such doctrine.

Not once did Philo mention another first or seventh month of the year, other than the month in which the equinox occurs. In fact, observing the new moon “AFTER THE EQUINOX" isn’t mentioned even “once” in Philo’s entire book, or in Scripture. This is significant, as elsewhere in Philo’s writings, he devotes much space to discussing the beginning of the first month of the year and the equinox.

We find it to be very interesting that Philo mentioned the "equinox" and its connection with the first and seventh month of the year, time and time again. In his writings, Philo specifically says the month IN WHICH the equinox occurs is first”.

Please study Philo carefully and prayerfully because Philo was an “EYE WITNESS” of how things were done by the Torah keeping Israelites in our Savior’s day, “INCLUDING” WHEN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR BEGINS. We should not ignore the testimony of eye witnesses when searching for the truth on how something was done.

Here are a few of the many proofs of how the Israelites in our Saviour’s day understood when the first month of the year began.

Did Philo link the “equinox” to the feasts or not??? The answer is YES, in fact he specifically says they kept the feast at the equinox, according to the law (ON THE CREATION (116) Page 17 AND FLACCUS page 735 chapter 14 verse 116). Let us examine his writings and see how the feasts were observed by the Israelites during the New Testament and our Savior's day. Remember, Philo is merely stating how the Israelites, including our Savior, observed the feast and when the first month of the year was, whether right or wrong, he is merely telling how they done it. You can decide for yourself if the Messiah and the Israelites done it wrong or not.

Even to this day, the Hebrew calendar’s first month of the year is March/April and the seventh month is September/October. This is impossible when taking the first new moon after the equinox theory!

Remember Philo is just stating “HOW" THINGS WERE DONE IN HIS DAY.

Philo, who used the Septuagint Bible, would have most likely been familiar with mesountos (μεσούντος), the Greek wordused to translate tekufah. Mesountos, which is word #3322 in Strong’s Greek Dictionary of the New Testament, means “middle” or “halfway point.” Since the autumnal equinox is the halfway point of the circuit that only reaches its “full circle” at the vernal equinox, we can see how Philo, as well as normative Judaism, would have understood tekufah to represent the equinox.

Did you know that the Septuagint says to keep the feast in the “middle” of the year instead of at the year’s end?

The middle of the year is around the September equinox, and that’s where Philo teaches to keep the feast at.