From Nave’s Topical Bible
Month
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 65Passages listed
- 18Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Ancient use ofGenesis 7:11Genesis 8:4
- Twelve months reckoned to a year1 Chronicles 27:1–15
- 1. Abib (April)
- The Jewish calendar began withExodus 12:2Exodus 13:4Deuteronomy 16:1
- Passover instituted and celebrated inExodus 12:1–28Exodus 23:15
- Israelites left Egypt inExodus 13:4
- Tabernacle set up inExodus 40:2Exodus 40:17
- Israelites arrive at Zin inNumbers 20:1
- The Israelites cross the Jordan River inJoshua 4:19
- The Jordan River overflows in1 Chronicles 12:15
- Decree to put the Jews to death inEsther 3:12
- The death of Jesus inMatthew 26Matthew 27
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- After the captivity called NisanNehemiah 2:1Esther 3:7
- 2. Zif (May)1 Kings 6:11 Kings 6:37
- Israel numbered inNumbers 1:1Numbers 1:18
- Passover to be observed in, by the ceremonially unclean and others who could not observe it in the first monthNumbers 9:10Numbers 9:11
- Israel departed from the wilderness of Zin inNumbers 10:11
- Temple begun in1 Kings 6:12 Chronicles 3:2
- An celebrated in2 Chronicles 30:1–27
- Rebuilding of the temple begun inEzra 3:8
- 3. Sivan: (June)Esther 8:9
- Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in2 Chronicles 15:10
- 4. Tammuz (July)
- (The number only appears in the Bible) .Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar inJeremiah 39:2Jeremiah 52:6Jeremiah 52:7
- 5. Ab (August)
- (Number only mentioned)
- Aaron died on the first day ofNumbers 33:38
- Temple destroyed in2 Kings 25:8–10Jeremiah 1:3Jeremiah 52:12–30
- Ezra arrived at Jerusalem inEzra 7:8Ezra 7:9
- 6. Elul (September)
- The wall of Jerusalem finished inNehemiah 6:15
- The temple built inHaggai 1:14Haggai 1:15
- 7. Ethanim (October)1 Kings 8:2
- Feasts held inLeviticus 23:24Leviticus 23:27Nehemiah 8:13–15
- Jubilee proclaimed inLeviticus 25:9
- Solomon's temple dedicated in1 Kings 8:2
- Altar rebuilt and offerings renewed inEzra 3:1Ezra 3:6
- 8. Bul (November)
- The temple finished in1 Kings 6:38
- Jeroboam's idolatrous feast in1 Kings 12:321 Kings 12:331 Chronicles 27:11
- 9. Chisleu (December)Ezra 10:9Jeremiah 36:9Jeremiah 36:22Zechariah 7:1
- 10. Tebeth (January)Esther 2:16
- Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem in2 Kings 25:1Jeremiah 52:4
- 11. Sebat (February)Zechariah 1:7
- Moses probably died inDeuteronomy 1:3
- 12. Adar (March)Esther 3:7
- Second temple finished inEzra 6:15
- Feast of Purim inEsther 9:1–26
- Months in prophecyRevelation 11:2
The passages, in Bible order (65)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Commentary on Genesis 7:112 voices
- XXV. The Flood The date is here given, at which the flood commenced and the entrance into the ark was completed. “In seven days.” On the seventh day from the command. “In the second month.” The primeval year commenced about the autumnal equinox; we may say, on the nearest new moon.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
The rain, which ordinarily descends in drops, then came down in streams. That God binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them; but now the bond was loosed, the cloud was rent, and such rains descended as were never known before or since.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Commentary on Genesis 8:42 voices
The mountain which tradition points to as the one on which the ark rested is now called Ara Dagh, the "finger mountain." Its summit consists of two peaks, the higher of which is 17,750 feet and the other 13,420 above the level of the sea.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
The mountains of Ararat - That Ararat was a mountain of Armenia is almost universally agreed. What is commonly thought to be the Ararat of the Scriptures, has been visited by many travelers, and on it there are several monasteries. For a long time the world has been amused with reports that the remains of the ark were still visible there; but Mr. Tournefort, a famous French naturalist, who was on the spot, assures us that nothing of the kind is there to be seen.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Exodus 12:1–28
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Commentary on Exodus 12:1–281 voice
This chapter was written some time after the Exodus, probably when Moses put together the portions of the book toward the end of his life. The statements that these instructions were given in the land of Egypt, and that they were given to Moses and Aaron, are important: the one marks the special dignity of this ordinance, which was established before the Sinaitic code; the other marks the distinction between Moses and Aaron and all other prophets. They alone were prophets of the law, i. e. no law was promulgated by any other prophets.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Exodus 12:2
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
Commentary on Exodus 12:21 voice
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months - It is supposed that God now changed the commencement of the Jewish year. The month to which this verse refers, the month Abib, answers to a part of our March and April; whereas it is supposed that previously to this the year began with Tisri, which answers to a part of our September; for in this month the Jews suppose God created the world, when the earth appeared at once with all its fruits in perfection.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Exodus 13:4
Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
Commentary on Exodus 13:41 voice
Abib - April. Compare Exo 12:2. It is uncertain whether this name was ancient or given then for the first time. It is found only in the Pentateuch, six times as the name of the first month, twice in the sense of young wheat, hence its etymology, namely, the month when the wheat began to ripen. The name resembles the Egyptian Epiphi, and may possibly have been derived from it.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Exodus 23:15
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
Commentary on Exodus 23:151 voice
Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Ex 12:2).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Exodus 40:2
“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
Commentary on Exodus 40:22 voices
The time for doing this is, On the first day of the first month - This wanted but fourteen days of a year since they came out of Egypt. Probably the work was made ready just at the end of the year, so that the appointing this day gave no delay. In Hezekiah's time they began to sanctify the temple on the first day of the first month, 2 Chron. xxix, 17.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
Why did God command Moses to erect the tabernacle on the first day of the first month? Because at that time he created the world. The sprouting of the trees attests to this fact. For Scripture says, "Let the earth sprout forth grass for fodder, …
Theodoret of Cyrus· QUESTIONS ON EXODUS 72Patristic
- Exodus 40:17
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
Commentary on Exodus 40:171 voice
On the first day of the month - That is, on the first of the month Nisan Exo 12:2; Exo 13:4, one year, wanting fourteen days, after the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. They had been nearly three months in reaching the foot of Mount Sinai Exo 19:1; Moses had spent eighty days on the mountain Exo 24:18; Exo 34:28, and some time must be allowed for what is related in Exo. 24, as well as for the interval between the two periods which Moses spent on the mountain Exo. 33:1-
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Leviticus 23:24
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
Commentary on Leviticus 23:242 voices
A memorial of blowing of trumpets - This is generally called the feast of trumpets; and as it took place on the first day of the seventh month, Tisri, which answers to September, which month was the commencement of what was called the civil year, the feast probably had no other design than to celebrate the commencement of that year, if indeed such a distinction obtained among the ancient Jews. See the note on Exo 12:2. Some think creation began at this time.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
It was typical of the preaching of the gospel, by which joyful sound souls were to be called in to serve God and keep a spiritual feast to him. The conversion of the nations to the faith of Christ is said to be by the blowing of a great trumpet, Isa. xxvii. A repetition of the law of the day of atonement, that is, so much of it as concerned the people.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Leviticus 23:27
“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Commentary on Leviticus 23:271 voice
Also - Surely. On the special rites of the day, the tenth of Tisri, that is from the evening of the ninth day of the month to that of the tenth Lev 23:32, see Lev. 16.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Leviticus 25:9
Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
Commentary on Leviticus 25:91 voice
The trumpet was sounded in the close of the day of atonement; thence the jubilee commenced, and very fitly; when they had been humbling and afflicting their souls for sin, then they were made to hear this voice of joy and gladness, Ps. xi.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Numbers 1:1
On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
Commentary on Numbers 1:12 voices
A month had passed away since the setting up of the tabernacle Exo 40:2, Exo 40:17: and the Sinaitic legislation was now complete (compare Lev 27:34). A census (“sum”) was commanded, to be based not upon any fresh registration of individuals, but upon that which had accompanied the previous collection of the offerings. Compare Exo 30:11, etc.; Exo 38:25-
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
Note, When any work is to be done for God it is good to set about it quickly, while the sense of duty is strong and pressing. And, for aught that appears, it was but one day's work, for many other things were done between this and the twentieth day of this month, when they removed their camp, ch. x.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Numbers 1:18
and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
- Numbers 9:10
“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
Commentary on Numbers 9:102 voices
This secondary passover was to be kept on the same day of the month with the first, because the ordinance was a memorial of their deliverance on that day of the month.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
Unclean or in a journey - Under these two instances the Hebrews think that other hindrances of like nature are comprehended; as if one be hindered by a disease, or by any other such kind of uncleanness; which may seem probable both from the nature of the thing, and the reason of the law which is the same in other cases.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Numbers 9:11
Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
Commentary on Numbers 9:112 voices
The later Jews speak of this as the “little Passover.” Coming, as it did, a month after the proper Passover, it afforded ample time for a man to purify himself from legal defilement, as also to return from any but a very distant journey. Compare Hezekiah’s act 2Ch 30:1-3.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
This secondary passover was to be kept on the same day of the month with the first, because the ordinance was a memorial of their deliverance on that day of the month.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Numbers 10:11
On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
Commentary on Numbers 10:111 voice
At this point commences the second great division of the book, extending to the close of Num. 14. The remaining verses of the present chapter narrate the actual break up of the camp at Sinai and the order of the march.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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