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Lexicon :: Strong's H2320 - ḥōḏeš

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חֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration
ḥōḏeš
Pronunciation
kho'-desh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 613b

Strong’s Definitions

חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh, kho'-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x

The KJV translates Strong's H2320 in the following manner: month (254x), new moon (20x), monthly (1x), another (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x
The KJV translates Strong's H2320 in the following manner: month (254x), new moon (20x), monthly (1x), another (1x).

  1. the new moon, month, monthly

    1. the first day of the month

    2. the lunar month

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh, kho'-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.
STRONGS H2320: Abbreviations
I. חֹ֫דֶשׁ 282 noun masculineGenesis 7:11 (feminine MT Genesis 38:24 but masculine Sam Di) (newness), new moon, month (on formation compare LgBN 144; on usage, names, etc., Muss-ArnJBL 1892, 72 ff., 160 ff.) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 7:11 +; construct (rare) Genesis 29:14 +; suffix חָדְשׁוֺ Numbers 28:14 + 2 times; חָדְשָׁהּ Hosea 2:13; Jeremiah 2:24; plural חֳדָשִׁים Genesis 38:24 +; construct חָדְשֵׁי Exodus 12:2 + 2 times; suffix חֳדָשָׁיו Job 14:5 + 2 times; חָדְשֵׁיכֶם Isaiah 1:14; Numbers 28:11; חָדְשֵׁכֶם Numbers 10:10; —
†1. new moon = day, time, of new moon, as religious festival 1 Samuel 20:5, 18, 24, 27, 34 (Dr); compare יאֹכְלֵם ח׳ Hosea 5:7 a new moon shall devour them, Hi St VB, but on text see We; usually || שַׁבָּת Amos 8:5; 2 Kings 4:23; Isaiah 1:13 (+ קְרֹא מִקְרָא), מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ Isaiah 66:23, Ezekiel 46:1, 6 (both יוֺם הַח׳), 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 8:13; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:34 (all + מוֺעֵד), Hosea 2:13; Ezekiel 45:17 (both + חג, מועד); || מוֺעֵד alone Isaiah 1:14; Ezekiel 3:5; || יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; (compare ראֹשׁ הַח׳ Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11; on religious observance of new moon compare DiLv p. 578 f BenzArchäol. § 69); as time of augury in Babylon (astrological prognostication) Isaiah 47:13.
2. month (as beginning with new moon, lunar month; compare BenzArchäol. § 30, but then, without reference to day of beginning);
†a. as measure of time during which Genesis 38:24 (J), Numbers 11:20, 21 (JE), Numbers 9:22 (P), Judges 11:37, 38, 39; Judges 20:47; 1 Samuel 6:1; 1 Samuel 27:7; 2 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 6:11; 2 Samuel 24:8, 13 = 1 Chronicles 21:12; Amos 4:7; 1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 5:28 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 11:16; 2 Kings 15:8; 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:8; Ezekiel 39:12, 14; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 13:14; 2 Chronicles 36:2, 9; Esther 2:12 (3 times in verse). In 1 Samuel 10:27b read probably כְּמֵחֹדֶשׁ for MT כמחרישׁ, and join to 1 Samuel 11:1, so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr (compare Genesis 38:24); in combinations, יָמִים ח׳ a month (of) time (compare יֶרַח ימים Deuteronomy 21:1; 2 Kings 15:13) Genesis 29:14 (J), Numbers 11:20, 26 (JE), ימים ארבעה ח׳ Judges 19:2; of age מִסְפַּר־ח׳ number of his months =length of his life Job 14:5; Job 21:21; compare especially בֶּןחֿ׳ Leviticus 27:6; Numbers 3:15, 22, 28, 34, 39, 40, 43; Numbers 18:16; Numbers 26:22 (all P). †
b. calendar months,
† (1) with names הָאָבִיב ח׳ Exodus 13:4; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18 (twice in verse) (all J E; = 1st month Exodus 12:2 P), Deuteronomy 16:11; זִו ח׳ 1 Kings 6:1 (= 2nd mo. ib.; = יֶרַח זִו 1 Kings 6:37); compare 1 Kings 8:2 (הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַח׳ = יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים), 1 Kings 6:38 (הַשְּׁמִינִי הַח׳ = יֶרַח בּוּל); in the post-exilic books occur Babylonian names (see the several words): — נִיסָן ח׳ Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7 (= 1st mo. Esther 3:7); סִיוָן ח׳ Esther 8:9 = 3rd mo.; כִּסְלֵו ח׳ Zechariah 7:1; Nehemiah 1:1 (= 9th mo. Zechariah 7:1); טֵבֵ֑ת ח׳ Esther 2:16 = 10th mo.; שְׁבָט ח׳ Zechariah 1:7 = 11th mo.; אֲדָר ח׳ Esther 3:7, 13; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:1 in all = 12th mo., Esther 9:15, 17, 19, 21; (compare also אֱלוּל Nehemiah 6:15, without ח׳ or יֶרַךְ; this was 6th mo.; see further SchrCOT Nehemiah 1:1 Benzl.c.). †
(2) merely numbered (chiefly P and late) e.g. הַשֵּׁנִי בַּח׳ Genesis 7:11, compare Genesis 8:4, 5, 14; Leviticus 16:29; Numbers 1:1, 18 (all P) + often P; Deuteronomy 1:3 (P), 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 25:1; 1 Kings 25:3; 1 Kings 25:8; 1 Kings 25:25; 1 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 1:3 + 11 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Haggai 1:1, 15; Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 7:1, 13; 1 Chronicles 12:15, compare entire list 1 Chronicles 27:2-15; 2 Chronicles 3:2 + 12 times 2 Chronicles; Ezra 3:1 + 10 times Ezra; Nehemiah 7:72; Nehemiah 8:2, 14; Esther 3:12; note especially הַזֶּה לָכֶם ראֹשׁ חָדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁוֺן הוּא לָכֶם הַח׳ Exodus 12:2 (P), as implying that the 1st mo. was formerly not in the spring; observe also usage of omitting ח׳, e.g. בָּרִאשׁוֺן = הָר׳ בַּח׳ Genesis 8:13, compare Genesis 8:5; so commonly in Ezekiel: — Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1; Ezekiel 29:1, 17; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 33:21; Ezekiel 45:18, 21, 25 + Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 32:17; Ezekiel 45:20 Co; (ח׳ sometimes expressed, see Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 32:1 above; on like usage with יום see יום).
(3) special phrases and usages are: — † עֹלַת חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ לְחָדְשֵׁי שָׁנָה Numbers 28:14 (P; compare יום, and Isaiah 66:23 above 1); מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ Esther 3:7 from day to day and from month to month; חָדְשָׁהּ Jeremiah 2:24 of wild she-ass's mating time.†
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 7:11; 7:11; 8:4; 8:5; 8:5; 8:13; 8:14; 29:14; 29:14; 38:24; 38:24; 38:24; 38:24

Exodus

12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 13:4; 23:15; 34:18

Leviticus

16:29; 27:6

Numbers

1:1; 1:18; 3:15; 3:22; 3:28; 3:34; 3:39; 3:40; 3:43; 9:22; 10:10; 10:10; 11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:26; 18:16; 26:22; 28:11; 28:11; 28:14; 28:14

Deuteronomy

1:3; 16:11; 21:1

Judges

11:37; 11:38; 11:39; 19:2; 20:47

1 Samuel

6:1; 10:27; 11:1; 20:5; 20:18; 20:24; 20:27; 20:34; 27:7

2 Samuel

2:11; 5:5; 6:11; 24:8; 24:13

1 Kings

4:7; 5:7; 6:1; 6:37; 6:38; 8:2; 11:16; 12:32; 12:33

2 Kings

4:23; 15:8; 15:13; 23:31; 24:8

1 Chronicles

3:4; 12:15; 13:14; 21:12; 23:31; 27:2; 27:3; 27:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7; 27:8; 27:9; 27:10; 27:11; 27:12; 27:13; 27:14; 27:15

2 Chronicles

2:3; 3:2; 8:13; 31:3; 36:2; 36:9

Ezra

3:1

Nehemiah

1:1; 1:1; 2:1; 6:15; 7:72; 8:2; 8:14; 10:34

Esther

2:12; 2:16; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:12; 3:13; 8:9; 8:12; 9:1; 9:15; 9:17; 9:19; 9:21

Job

14:5; 14:5; 21:21

Psalms

81:4

Isaiah

1:13; 1:14; 1:14; 47:13; 66:23; 66:23

Jeremiah

1:3; 2:24; 2:24

Ezekiel

1:1; 3:5; 8:1; 20:1; 24:1; 24:1; 26:1; 29:1; 29:17; 30:20; 31:1; 32:1; 32:1; 32:17; 33:21; 39:12; 39:14; 45:17; 45:18; 45:20; 45:21; 45:25; 46:1; 46:6

Hosea

2:13; 2:13; 5:7

Amos

4:7; 8:5

Haggai

1:1; 1:15

Zechariah

1:1; 1:7; 7:1; 7:1; 7:1; 7:13

H2320

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Strong's Number H2320 matches the Hebrew חֹדֶשׁ (ḥōḏeš),
which occurs 283 times in 224 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 7:11–Num 20:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the [fn]flood-gates of heaven were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14 - And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a [fn]full month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judas, saying, Thamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:2 - This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it is the first to you among the months of the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a [fn]lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month, and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill it toward evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:18 - Beginning the fourteenth day of the first month, ye shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first day of the month, till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:4 - For on this day ye go forth in the month of new corn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Evites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites, and Pherezites, which he sware to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt perform this service in this month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they departed from Ælim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Ælim and Sina; and on the fifteenth day, in the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 - And in the third month of the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came into the wilderness of Sina.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged thee at the season of the month of new corn, for in it thou camest out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear before me empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:18 - And thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I have charged thee, at the season in the month of new corn; for in the month of new corn thou camest out from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 - And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 - In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evening times is the Lord's passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a rest, a memorial of trumpets: it shall be to you a holy convocation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - Also on the tenth day of this seventh month is a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you; and ye shall humble your souls, and offer a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32 - It shall be a holy sabbath to you; and ye shall humble your souls, from the ninth day of the month: from evening to evening ye shall keep your sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a feast of tabernacles seven days to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - And on the fifteenth day of this seventh month, when ye shall have completely gathered in the fruits of the earth, ye shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days; on the first day there shall be a rest, and on the eighth day a rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - It is a perpetual statute for your generations: in the seventh month ye shall keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:9 - In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall make a proclamation with the sound of a trumpet in all your land; on the day of atonement ye shall make a proclamation with a trumpet in all your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachms, and of a female, three didrachms of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, in the tabernacle of witness, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the month in the second year; and they [fn]registered them after their lineage, after their families, after the number of their names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male according to their [fn]number:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering was seven thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, was six thousand and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, were two and twenty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - And all the male first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:1 - And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina in the second year after they had gone forth from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - On the fourteenth day of the first month at even, thou shalt keep it in its season; thou shalt keep it according to its law, and according to its ordinance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - on the fourteenth day of the first month in the wilderness of Sina, as the Lord appointed Moses, so the children of Israel did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:11 - in the second month, on the fourteenth day; in the evening they shall offer it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs shall they eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - When the cloud continues [fn]a full month overshadowing the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp, and shall not depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall sound with the trumpets at your whole-burnt-offerings, and at the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and there shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:11 - And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - ye shall eat for [fn]a full month, until the flesh come out at your nostrils; and it shall be [fn]nausea to you, because ye disobeyed the Lord, who is among you, and wept before him, saying, What had we to do to come out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou saidst, I will give them flesh to eat, and they shall eat a whole month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - And the redemption of them shall be from a month old; their valuation of five shekels—it is twenty oboli according to the holy shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:1 - And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Sin, in the first month, and the people abode in Cades; and Mariam died there, and was buried there.

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