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Priestly Courses 23 BC Priestly Courses for the years A.D. 70-B.C. 23 Tending to Prove the December 25th Birth of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Revised 2019 © 2010, 2013, 2019 Kurt Simmons www.dec25th.info Charts may be freely reproduced for noncommercial purposes, with credit to the author The following charts recreate the weeks of the Hebrew calendar and priestly courses for the years B.C. 23- A.D. 70. known to be in error or conflict with the testimony of history. Specifically, Jewish tradition dating 80 years from the The Hebrew calendar was reformed in the fourth century by Hillel II and contains elements not present in Jesus’ day. event tells us that the 9th of Ab the week the temple was destroyed the second time fell on a Sunday. However, Hillel Hillel’s reforms include various postponements of Rosh Hashanah (Tishri 1, the Jewish New Year) to prevent it falling II’s calendar causes this day to fall on a Saturday, one day off. Scripture tells us Jesus died on Good Friday, Nisan 15, adjacent to the Sabbath, and the seventh day of Tabernacles from falling on the Sabbath, in both cases to prevent two A.D. 33, but Hillel II’s calendar places Nisan 15 on a Saturday. In these instances, we have corrected the present charts consecutive days of fasting by forced cessation of labor. To accomplish this, the length of the year is adjusted between to conform with scripture and the testimony of history. However, as Hillel II’s calendar typically varies by only one or 353, 354, and 355 in regular years, and 383, 384, and 385 in leap years. Because these postponements did not exist in two days from the witness of scripture, for purposes of showing Christ could have been born Dec. 25th, variations in Jesus’ day, the present-day Hebrew calendar is not a reliable guide to ancient dates, and offers at best only an the calendar will not affect the overall result. approximation. However, because it is widely employed, we have used it here except where the dates produced are Priestly Courses for the Years A.D. 50-70 AD 50 AD 51 AD 52 AD 53 AD 54 AD 55 AD 56 AD 57 AD 58 AD 59 AD 60 AD 61 AD 62 AD 63 AD 64 AD 65 AD 66 AD 67 AD 68 AD 69 AD 70 1. Jehoiarib 27-4 1-7 Tishri 1-7 Tishri 25-2 28-5 1-7 Tishri 25-2 28-5 1-7 Tishri 25-2 25-2 28-5 25-2 25-2 28-5 1-7 Tishri 25-2 28-5 28-5 25-2 27-4 Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri Tishri 2. Jedaiah 5-11 8-14 8-14 3-9 6-12 8-14 3-9 6-12 8-14 3-9 3-9 6-12 3-9 3-9 6-12 8-14 3-9 6-12 6-12 3-9 5-11 3. Harim 12-18 15-21 The15-21re were10 -1624 courses13-19 of priests15-21 that10-16 served13- 19twice annually,15-21 10 plus-16 10-16 13-19 10-16 10-16 13-19 15-21 10-16 13-19 13-19 10-16 12-18 4. 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