Nisan

In the month of Xanthicus, which is by us called Nisan, and is the beginning of our year, on the fourteenth day of the lunar month, when the sun is in Aries, [for in this month it was that we were delivered from bondage under the Egyptians,] the law ordained that we should every year slay that sacrifice which I before told you we slew when we came out of Egypt, and which was called the Passover; and so we do celebrate this passover in companies, leaving nothing of what we sacrifice till the day following.

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the

The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 19: Esther The Challoner Revision

In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the

The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the

The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

If the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes began in the spring, Nisan, which is a spring month, could not follow Chisleu, which is a month of late autumn.

The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889

But Moses appointed that ú Nisan, which is the same with

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

The Torah teaches that Nisan marks a new year, calling Nisan "the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you."

The Jew and the Carrot 2009

They record as happening on the day of Christ's death several actions which the Jewish law did not permit on a feast day such as Nisan 15, and which must presumably have taken place on Nisan 14.

The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902

It was no surprise that the Chevrolet Volt and Nisan Leaf grabbed center stage at the ride-and-drive event that took place outside the Business of Plugging-In conference this month.

Behind the wheel: Chevrolet Equinox AMP, Ford Transit Connect EV, Smart EV 2010

The court later dropped the suit, but Dichter spokesman Nisan Zeevi said Spain could not guarantee Dichter would not be arrested.

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