Josephus Flavius despre luna Nisan
The Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus
BOOK III
CHAPTER 10. Concerning The Festivals; And How Each Day Of Such Festival Is To Be Observed.
5. In the month of Xanthicus, which is by us called Nisan, and is the beginning
of our year, on the fourteenth day of the lunar month, when the sun is in
Aries, [for in this month it was that we were delivered from bondage under the
Egyptians,] the law ordained that we should every year slay that sacrifice
which I before told you we slew when we came out of Egypt, and which was called
the Passover; and so we do celebrate this passover in companies, leaving
nothing of what we sacrifice till the day following. The feast of unleavened bread
succeeds that of the passover, and falls on the fifteenth day of the month, and
continues seven days, wherein they feed on unleavened bread; on every one of
which days two bulls are killed, and one ram, and seven lambs. Now these lambs
are entirely burnt, besides the kid of the goats which is added to all the
rest, for sins; for it is intended as a feast for the priest on every one of
those days. But on the second day of unleavened bread, which is the sixteenth
day of the month, they first partake of the fruits of the earth, for before
that day they do not touch them. And while they suppose it proper to honor God,
from whom they obtain this plentiful provision, in the first place, they offer
the first-fruits of their barley, and that in the manner following: They take a
handful of the ears, and dry them, then beat them small, and purge the barley
from the bran; they then bring one tenth deal to the altar, to God; and,
casting one handful of it upon the fire, they leave the rest for the use of the
priest. And after this it is that they may publicly or privately reap their
harvest. They also at this participation of the first-fruits of the earth,
sacrifice a lamb, as a burnt-offering to God.
The Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus
1. When the Hebrews had obtained such a wonderful deliverance, the country was a great trouble to them, for it was entirely a desert, and without sustenance for them; and also had exceeding little water, so that it not only was not at all sufficient for the men, but not enough to feed any of the cat…
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