Abib (ear month)

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Abib (also Aviv), the "ear month" is according to the Pentateuch the sixth month of the old Canaanite calendar. It corresponds to Nisan , the first month according to the “religious” calendar. It always lasts 30 days. According to the Gregorian calendar , Abib begins in mid-March, when the first harvest is brought in and the first spring new moon is witnessed.

In the Old Testament , the term "Abib" in Exodus 34, 18 is decisive as the month of the exodus from Egypt and thus the beginning of a new era:

“You are to keep the Festival of Unleavened Bread. In the month of Abib, at the appointed time, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days, as I have commanded you. Because in the month of Abib you left Egypt. "

- Ex 34.18  EU

On the 10th of Abib the lambs are brought for Passover , on the 14th, i.e. on the full moon , they are slaughtered. The Abib always includes the Passover or Passover festival and thus the Christian Easter . In the post-exilic literature (cf. Neh 2.1  EU ) the month is called Nisan by its Hebrew name .

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