The “day of the new moon spoken of there is Yom Teruah, the only feast that always falls on the beginning of the month.
So that makes only two, not three, the regular sabbath, and Yom Teruah.
On Yom Teruah, the gate was not opened until two witnesses came up to declare that the moon was observed.
Yehova created the Heavens and the Earth ON the first work day.
My copy...
Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth. 2. And the earth had become waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep;
I am having trouble with ‘had become waste and void’ part of my Scripture copy.
Honestly, how could Day one began before He said, Let there be Light? The light was then called Day, right?
If the first Day really started before YHWH said Let there be light and called that light Day, when did it start and why did He call the light day?
It makes more sense to me that the Light that He spoke came first for our Creation week.. (dark/night/nothingness is just the absence of Light, correct?)
Then scripture say there was twilight (dusk -my copy says evening which always comes immediately after the light of any daylight today).
and then the full dark night and then the break of dawn (morning in my copy) as the completion of the first Day.
But we certainly cannot know for sure because translations differ and there is thought the earth has had more than one age...
And i do have some other questions to follow up..
You mentioned the first day of the seventh month- Allthese mentions of the word hodesh or rosh hodesh (when translating to new moon) discussed in:
1 Sam 20:5, 18, 24
2 Kings 4:23
1 Chronicles 23:31
2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3
Ezra 3:5
Nehemiah 10:33
Psalm 81:3
Isaiah 1:13-14
Isaiah 66:23
Ezekiel 45:17, 46:3; 46:6
Amos 8:5
All above are about the first day of the seventh month only? My copies sometimes uses a plural form but that may just be the English...
If there is a new moon on the seventh month, isn’t there one every month? Like the first month where it is also crucial for counting to Passover.
Alos, What happens on your calendar if the first day of the seventh month falls on a Saturday ? Is it a high sabbath?
Or if it is a Friday, do you have two Sabbaths in a row, with no preparation day? Is there a postponement?
And why is month and new moon the same word in Hebrew?
And please don’t forget Jericho. I really want to see how the Gregorian, Julian, or any calculated calendar can prove Jericho wasn’t a violation of YHWH sabbath commandment.
Because with the calendar that begins every month with a new moon(not just the 7th) , there is no sabbath violation...
(As the book of Jasher confirms and Ezekiel speaking for YHWH confirms)
Thanks for the discussion... iron sharpens iron!