The Month of Sivan in the Bible
The third month in the Jewish spiritual calendar isn't named in the Bible. In the civil or financial calendar it is the ninth month and is named Sivan. In a typical year there are thirty days in this month. In the Gregorian (Western) calendar it corresponds to the period from the middle of May to the middle of June. It is the time of tending to grapevines, and the month when the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses returned bearing a huge cluster of grapes. The Feast of Weeks takes place in this month.
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| Period | Start Day | End Day | Event | Year |
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| Before Israel entered Egypt | 27 | The Flood: Rain falling 40 days Genesis 7:11,12,14 |
2283BC | |
| Miscellaneous | Vine tending Psalm 80:8,14; Song of Solomon 7:12 |
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| Kings of the Twelve Tribes | Servants/David: Benaiah (“Yah has built”), son of Jehoiada (“known of Yah”) I Chronicles 27:5 |
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| Kings of Judah | Israel gather at Jerusalem as they see Yahweh is with Asa II Chronicles 15:10 |
896BC | ||
| Kings of Judah | Firstfruits (& freewill offerings) gathered under Hezekiah II Chronicles 31:7; 29:3 |
715BC | ||
| The Law of Moses | 1 | New Moon: 2x Trumpets blown, solemn feast day Numbers 10:10; Psalm 81:3; I Samuel 20:18,24; II Kings 4:23; Isaiah 66:23; Ezekiel 46:1; Colossians 2:16; Amos 8:5 |
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| The Law of Moses | 1 | New Moon: Burnt Offerings Numbers 28:11-15 |
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| Captivity in Babylon | 1 | Ezekiel ch. 31: sent to Pharoah Ezekiel 31:1; 1:1,1-2 |
587BC | |
| Kingdom of God (Millennium) | 1 | New Moon: Burnt Offerings made in the Kingdom Ezekiel 46:6 |
AD2040? | |
| Israel’s Journey from Egypt | 3 | Spies sent from Kadesh-barnea for 40 days (approx), return with huge cluster of grapes Numbers 10:11,33; 11:32; 12:15; 13:20,2,25 |
1445BC | |
| The Law of Moses | 7 | Feast of Weeks (Harvest - 7x7 days after Firstfruits) Leviticus 23:10,11; Deuteronomy 16:9,10; Exodus 34:22; Deuteronomy 16:16; II Chronicles 8:13; Acts 2:1 |
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| Gospels & Apostles | Sailing is considered perilous (approx) (finish) Acts 27:9 |
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| Gospels & Apostles | 7 | Holy Spirit gifts given to disciples (Pentecost – the 50th day) Acts 2:1; Daniel 9:27 |
AD29 | |
| Israel’s Journey from Egypt | 15 | Israel entered wilderness of Sinai; Moses ascends Sinai Exodus 19:1 |
1446BC | |
| Israel’s Journey from Egypt | 15 | Possibly history’s first ever written account of a volcano Exodus 19:1,16-18; Judges 5:5 |
1446BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 23 | King’s scribes publish Mordecai’s redemption Esther 3:7,12; 8:9 |
510BC |
