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It is however obvious, that the moon calendar was NOT the main calendaristic
feature for the Hebrews. All mentions of month lengths in the Bible without
any exception are of standard 30-day months. There is not a single case of a
29-days long month ...
What a coincidence, that Jeroboam I did instate a feast like the one in
Jerusalem in this same later month. He probably did so to make it easy to his
citizens to visit Jerusalem a month before and return in time to observe the
feast at Beth-El later on. Should he want to create concurence to Jerusalem,
this would have functioned by tying the people to Beth-el, and rendering it
impossible to visit Jerusalem too for the same feast at the same time. So far
I understand, the pilgrims have indeed ceased to come to Jerusalem, after
this feast was held in Beth-El. How curious...
And how strange that not any voice polemics against the Israelite malpractice
of not attending the jewish feasts at their right time.
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