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Winter 2026

(Northern Hemisphere)

Biblical References for Month X

X- 1:

Genesis 8:5 - Tops of the mountains are seen.

Ezra 10:16 - Ezra, et al, determine to make an end of men with strange wives by the first day of the first month.

X- 5:

Ezekiel 33:21 - Ezekiel receives word that Jerusalem is smitten.

X- 10:

2 Kings 25:1 - Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon besieged Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:4 - Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon besieged Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 24:1 - Received word from YHWH that the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem on this day.

X- 12:

Ezekiel 29:1 - Ezekiel is told to prophesy against Pharoah and all of Egypt.

Month X references with no specific dates:

Esther 2:16 - Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus into his house royal.

Jeremiah 39:1 - Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem.

Zechariah 8:19 - The fast of the tenth month (as well as in the fourth, fifth and seventh months) shall be a cheerful feast.

Biblical References for Month XI

XI- 1:

Deuteronomy 1:3 - Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that YHWH had given him.

XI- 24:

Zechariah 1:7 - Zechariah has the vision of the red horse.

Biblical References for Month XII

XII- 1:

Ezekiel 32:1 - Ezekiel told to prophesy against Pharaoh.

XII- 3:

Ezra 6:15 - The Second Temple was finished.

XII- 13:

Esther 3:13 - This is the date ordained by Haman to destroy the Jews.

Esther 8:12 - This is the date eventually ordained for the Jews to defend themselves.

Esther 9:1 - The Jews were granted authority over those who hated them.

Esther 9:17 - The Jews slew 75,000 of the enemy and rested on the 14th day.

Esther 9:18 - The Jews at Shushan fought on the 13th and the 14th; they rested on the 15th day.

XII- 14:

Esther 9:15 - The Jews slew 300 men at Shushan.

Esther 9:19 - The Jews of the villages made this day a day of gladness, feasting and sending portions one to another.

Esther 9:21 - Mordecai established the 14th and the 15th as days of celebration every year.

XII- 15:

Esther 9:21 - The second day of celebration each year.

Ezekiel 32:17 - God had Ezekiel prophesy against Egypt.

XII- 25:

Jeremiah 52:31 - Evilmerodach, king of Babylon brought Jehoiachin, king of Judah out of prison.

XII- 27:

2 Kings 25:27 - Evilmerodach, king of Babylon brought Jehoiachin, king of Judah out of prison.

Month XII references with no specific dates:

Esther 3:7 - They cast Pur before Haman from day to day (as they had each of the other eleven months).

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