Lunar conjunctionist here. I see the pattern as being total darkness (new moon) to total light (full moon). This pattern is a common theme all throughout the Bible and is the only pattern that makes mathematical sense; the two periods of lunar waxing and waning being perfectly equal and in sequence as any good clock should be. I see lunar sighting as a very early Babylonian tradition adopted, maybe forcefully, during the exile along with the Babylonian/pagan names for the months. Calendar instructions were given to Moshe pre-exile, therefore 2nd Temple and later Talmudic witnesses to the sliver do not influence me. Also, the story of David, Johnathan, and King Shaul where David spent multiple nights in the field during the King's New Moon celebrations never quite jived with a crescent-sighting understanding for me; if they were using a lunar sighting method then there would be no need for a multiple day celebration in my opinion. Finally , Yeshua's Pesach occurred the night before the Pharisees. Chalk that up either to a conjunctionist/sighting discrepancy or a beginning of the 14/ending the 14th seder meal dilemma, who knows? Point is, there was obviously a timing and/or calendar issue between His understanding and the 2nd Temple Pharisee's practices. These are my understandings. To each his own. Shalom.
I failed to mention that there was no new instructions for determining the new month when YHVH told Moshe, "This shall be your beginning of month" (Ex 12:1, I think). Therefore, they already had a calendar established. Since they were in Egypt the previous 400 years, and a major portion of that time in bondage, I believe it is safe to assume that they were using an Egyptian calendar when YHVH made this statement. There is evidence that in early Egypt there was a ceremonial calendar utilized that determined the New Month based upon the lunar conjunction. The way they determined the conjunction was by observing the disappearance of the waning sliver. The next day would be declared the New Moon (their day was daybreak to daybreak rather than the Hebrews sunset to sunset). And then the waxing sliver would be observed to verify the New Moon's/lunar conjunction's accuracy. It's highly probable that this was Moshe's Egyptian/wilderness calendar. Shalom.
On the Full Moon as per Psalms 81:3 TIQU BAHOHES SOPAR BAKESE LEYOM HAGENU Blow in the new month the trumpet in the Full Moon the day of the feast. Every time that New Moon appears on the Bible, is referring to the New Month HODES (H2320) . The deceivers who hided the name of the Father, YAHUAH. They intentionally changed the translations from New Month to new moon, for people to worship just like the Pagan Babylonians and Assyrians, who worship the crescent moon when their sun god impregnated the moon goddess.
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Well explained, thanks! I especially like the encouragement not have the calendar issue break fellowship.
Thanks for this, Andrew
Lunar conjunctionist here. I see the pattern as being total darkness (new moon) to total light (full moon). This pattern is a common theme all throughout the Bible and is the only pattern that makes mathematical sense; the two periods of lunar waxing and waning being perfectly equal and in sequence as any good clock should be. I see lunar sighting as a very early Babylonian tradition adopted, maybe forcefully, during the exile along with the Babylonian/pagan names for the months. Calendar instructions were given to Moshe pre-exile, therefore 2nd Temple and later Talmudic witnesses to the sliver do not influence me. Also, the story of David, Johnathan, and King Shaul where David spent multiple nights in the field during the King's New Moon celebrations never quite jived with a crescent-sighting understanding for me; if they were using a lunar sighting method then there would be no need for a multiple day celebration in my opinion. Finally , Yeshua's Pesach occurred the night before the Pharisees. Chalk that up either to a conjunctionist/sighting discrepancy or a beginning of the 14/ending the 14th seder meal dilemma, who knows? Point is, there was obviously a timing and/or calendar issue between His understanding and the 2nd Temple Pharisee's practices. These are my understandings. To each his own. Shalom.
I failed to mention that there was no new instructions for determining the new month when YHVH told Moshe, "This shall be your beginning of month" (Ex 12:1, I think). Therefore, they already had a calendar established. Since they were in Egypt the previous 400 years, and a major portion of that time in bondage, I believe it is safe to assume that they were using an Egyptian calendar when YHVH made this statement. There is evidence that in early Egypt there was a ceremonial calendar utilized that determined the New Month based upon the lunar conjunction. The way they determined the conjunction was by observing the disappearance of the waning sliver. The next day would be declared the New Moon (their day was daybreak to daybreak rather than the Hebrews sunset to sunset). And then the waxing sliver would be observed to verify the New Moon's/lunar conjunction's accuracy. It's highly probable that this was Moshe's Egyptian/wilderness calendar. Shalom.
On the Full Moon as per Psalms 81:3
TIQU BAHOHES SOPAR BAKESE LEYOM HAGENU
Blow in the new month the trumpet in the Full Moon the day of the feast.
Every time that New Moon appears on the Bible, is referring to the New Month HODES (H2320) . The deceivers who hided the name of the Father, YAHUAH. They intentionally changed the translations from New Month to new moon, for people to worship just like the Pagan Babylonians and Assyrians, who worship the crescent moon when their sun god impregnated the moon goddess.
Full moon is New Moon Day Andrew - Read Bereshith 1:14-18. Shalom