The Month of Tammuz in the Bible
The fourth month in the Jewish spiritual calendar isn't named in the Bible. In the civil or financial calendar it is the tenth month and is named Tammuz. In a typical year there are twenty-nine days in this month. In the Gregorian (Western) calendar it corresponds to the period from the middle of June to the middle of July. It is the time when the first grape harvest is expected to be ready. Nebuchadnezzar finished his seige of Jersualem in this month and took the city.
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| Period | Start Day | End Day | Event | Year |
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| Israel’s Journey from Egypt | 12 | 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 | |
| Miscellaneous | First grape harvest Hosea 10:1; Joel 1:7; John 15:4; Zechariah 8:12; Malachi 3:11 |
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| Kings of the Twelve Tribes | Servants/David: Asahel (“made by God”), brother of Joab (“Fathered by Yah”) I Chronicles 27:7 |
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| Captivity in Babylon | A fast during captivity (?) Zechariah 8:19 |
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| 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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| Kingdom of God (Millennium) | 1 | New Moon: Burnt Offerings made in the Kingdom Ezekiel 46:6 |
AD2040? | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 5 | Ezekiel ch. 1: vision of Cherubim Ezekiel 1:1,2,2,1 |
593BC | |
| Kings of Judah | 9 | Sons of Zedekiah slain, he is blinded, bound & taken to Babylon II Kings 25:3,7; Ezekiel 19:9; 21:26; Hosea 3:4 |
586BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | ⚔️ Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem (4th invasion, final deportation) (finish, 3yrs total) II Kings 25:3; Jeremiah 39:2; 52:6; II Kings 25:2; Joel 1:4; Jeremiah 15:4; 34:17,22; I Chronicles 6:15; Isaiah 39:6; Zephaniah 1:18 |
586BC |
