* Biblical References for Month I

I- 1:

Genesis 8:13 - waters were dried from off the face of the earth.

Exodus 40:2 - commanded to erect the Tabernacle, put the Ark in it; anoint and make holy the Tabernacle.

Exodus 40:17 - Tabernacle was reared up.

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Temple sanctification process begins.

Ezra 7:9 - Ezra began the journey to go up from Babylon.

Ezra 10:17 - they made an end with all the men who had taken strange wives.

Ezekiel 29:17 - divine decree to give Egypt into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar.

Ezekiel 45:18 - a bullock shall be slain to cleanse the sanctuary.

I- 7:

Ezekiel 30:20 - the arm of Pharoah was broken; the arm of the King of Babylon was strengthened.

Ezekiel 45:20 - blood of the sin offering applied in the Temple for the sins of the people.

I- 8:

2 Chronicles 29:17 - sanctification of the house in the Temple completed.

I- 10:

Exodus 12:3 - each household to procure their lamb for Passover.

Joshua 4:19 - Ark and people crossed the Jordan, the waters flowed, they camped in Gilgal at east border of Jericho.

Ezekiel 40:1 - Ezekiel is given a vision of the Temple.

I- 12:

Ezra 8:31 - people departed from the river of Ahava to go to Jerusalem; hand of God delivered them from their enemies.

I- 13:

Esther 3:12 - the king's scribes sent forth letters to kill the Jews.

I- 14:

Exodus 12:6 - lambs kept since the 10th are slain, blood put on door posts.

Exodus 12:18 - unleavened bread shall be eaten from this day beginning at evening through the 21st day until evening.

Leviticus 23:5 - Passover begins at evening this day.

Numbers 9:3 - on this day at evening, you shall keep the Passover in its appointed season, according to the ceremonies thereof.

Numbers 28:16 - this day is the pesach of YHWH.

Joshua 5:10 - children of Israel camped at Gilgal in the plains of Jericho and kept the Passover.

2 Chronicles 35:1 - king Josiah kept Passover in Jerusalem, and they killed the pesach on this day.

Ezra 6:19 - the children of the captivity kept the Passover.

Ezekiel 45:21 - you shall have the Passover, a feast for seven days, unleavened bread shall be eaten.

I- 15:

Leviticus 23:6,7 - this is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread; you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days, you shall have an holy convocation, you shall do no manner of servile work.

Numbers 28:17,18 - this is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread; you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days, you shall have an holy convocation, you shall do no manner of servile work.

Numbers 33:3 - children of Israel left Rameses on this day, after the Passover.

I- 16:

2 Chronicles 29:17 - the priests completed sanctification of the Temple (16 days).

I- 17:

Genesis 8:4 - the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

I- 21:

Exodus 12:18 - the Feast of Unleavened Bread ends on this day at evening.

I- 24:

Daniel 10:4 - Daniel saw a vision by Hiddekel River; Gabriel came to him after a 21-day delay .

Month I references with no specific dates:

Numbers 20:1 - children of Israel went into the desert of Zin and abode in Kadesh.

1 Chronicles 12:15 - they crossed over the river Jordan in the first month when it had overflowed all its banks.

2 Chronicles 29:3 - King Hezekiah opened the Temple doors and repaired them.

Nehemiah 2:1-8 - King Artaxerxes asks Nehemiah about his sadness while serving wine; then consents to Nehemiah's request to go and rebuild Jerusalem.

Esther 3:7-11 - they cast Pur day to day before Haman in the 12th year of king Ahasuerus; Haman gets the king's seal of approval to destroy the Jews.

Joel 2:23 - the former rains and the latter rains will come in the first month.

* Biblical References for Month II

II- 1:

Numbers 1:1 - Moses is told to form armies of the children of Israel.

Numbers 1:18 - the children of Israel were sorted by pedigrees and numbered.

II- 2:

2 Chronicles 3:2 - Solomon began to build the Temple.

II- 14:

Numbers 9:11 - those who were unclean for first Passover may observe it today as a second.

2 Chronicles 30:15 - the congregation kept the Passover of the second month.

II- 15:

Exodus 16:1 - they left Elim and entered the Wilderness of Sin.

II- 17:

Genesis 7:11 - the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were opened to begin the flood.

II- 20:

Numbers 10:11 - the cloud lifted from off the Tabernacle and they left Sinai for Paran.

II- 27:

Genesis 8:14 - the earth had dried; Noah and the animals left the ark.

Month II references with no specific dates:

1 KIngs 6:1 - Solomon began to build the Temple (reference II-2).

1 KIngs 6:37 - foundation was laid for the Temple in this month which is named Zif.

2 Chronicles 30:2 - Hezekiah took counsel with princes to keep Passover in the second month.

2 Chronicles 30:13 - a great congregation gathered to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.

Ezra 3:8 - Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel set forward the work of the Temple.

* Biblical References for Month III

III- 1:

Ezekiel 31:1-18 - Ezekiel told to warn Pharaoh of his fate with the wicked.

III- 23:

Esther 8:9-11 - by the hand of Mordecai's writing, king Ahasuerus granted the Jews the right to defend themselves.

Month III references with no specific dates:

2 Chronicles 15:10-15 - king Asa gathered all of Judah and Benjamin and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon to Jerusalem; they entered into a covenant to seek YHWH with all their heart and soul.

2 Chronicles 31:7-10 - the excess of abundant tithes were heaped up from the third month to the seventh as Israel was blessed under king Hezekiah.