ABIB

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Also called NISAN
First month in the Jewish calendar
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. (Exodus 12:22This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. (Exodus 12:2))
Passover instituted, and Israelites depart from Egypt in
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) (Exodus 23:1515Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) (Exodus 23:15))
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (Deuteronomy 16:11Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (Deuteronomy 16:1))
Tabernacle set up in
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. (Exodus 40:22On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. (Exodus 40:2))
And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. (Exodus 40:1717And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. (Exodus 40:17))
Israelites arrive at the wilderness of Zin in
Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. (Numbers 20:11Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. (Numbers 20:1))
Enter Canaan in
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. (Joshua 4:1919And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. (Joshua 4:19))
Jordan's overflow in
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. (1 Chronicles 12:1515These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. (1 Chronicles 12:15))