Does the New Moon Begin the Month? (Biblical Answer)
Is it really suppose to say “New Moon?” Lets take a deeper look…
The reason we are commanded to remember the beginning of the months (NOT new moon) is because we were commanded to perform certain sacrafices to Yahuah on the 1st day of every month.
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer an ascending smoke offering unto Yahuah; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; And three tenth deals of flour for an oblation, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for an oblation, mingled with oil, for one ram; And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for an oblation unto one lamb; for an ascending smoke offering of a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto Yahuah. And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of a hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of a hin unto a lamb: this is the ascending smoke offering of every month throughout the months of the year. And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto Yahuah shall be offered, beside the continual ascending smoke offering, and his drink offering. Bemidbar (Numbers) 28:11-15 | את Cepher
Notice that even the Cepher says “beginnings of your months” and NOT “new moon” despite the fact that in other verses in the Cepher is says “new moon” and not “beginning of months.” Do you see the manipulation here? These false translators did not fully cover their tracks. Yahuah made sure there was a way for us to decern the truth!
Even the KJV and NKJV get these verses correct.
“And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;”
Numbers 28:11 KJV
“‘At the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish;”
Numbers 28:11 NKJV
1st Samuel 20:24
So Dawid hid himself in the field: and when the chodesh had come, the melech sat down to eat.
1st Samuel 20:27
And it came to pass on the next yom, which was the second yom of the chodesh, that Dawid’s place was empty: and Shaul said to Yonathan his son, Why did not the son of Yishai come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?
Psalms 81:3
Blow the shofar in the chodesh’s renewal and at the appointed yom of our chag-celebration.
4 For this is a statute-chuk for Yasrahal and a Torah-mishpat of the Alahiym of Yaakov.
Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the chodesh be gone, that we may sell our grain? And The Shabbat, that we may set forth wheat, making the aphah small and the shekel large and falsifying the balances by deceit
Isaiah 66:23
And it shall come to pass, that from one chodesh to another and from one Shabbat to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says Yahuah.
Ezekiel 46:1
This says The Master Yahuah; The gate of the inner courtyard that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working yamim; but on The Shabbat it shall be opened and in the yom of the chodesh it shall be opened.
These are just a few examples of the mistranslations. The Greek Septuagint and the RSTNE get this translations correct. The word “chodesh” in scripture represents the beginning of the month or the renewing of months. The samething applies with the book of Jubilees. I highly recommend looking into the James Vanderkam translation of Jubilees. Even R.H Charles translation has notations throughout showing how “chodesh” was falsly translated to “new moon” to push forward the false lunar calendar doctrine.
Also I want to point out how NONE of these verses are actually instructions nor Torah commandments on how to actually calculate the calendar. These verses just speak about certain actions that are to be taken on certain days of the year or some sort of event that took place on a certain day on the calendar. The ACTUAL Torah commandments on how to observe and calculate the calendar are found in The Book of Enoch and The Book of Jubilees. That is why these books should absolutely be included in the Bible canon. Do NOT let man dictate to you what books of the Bible are “canon” and which books aren’t. It is not man’s job nor does man have any authority over what books should be read or shouldn’t.