1 Samuel 20:5 (KJV)

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And David said unto Jonathan Behold to morrow is the new moon and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat but let me go that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even

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the new moon.The months of the Hebrews were lunar months, and they reckoned from one new moon to another: and, as their feasts, particularly the passover, were reckoned according to this, they were very scrupulous in observing the first appearance of each new moon. On these new moons, they offered sacrifices, and feasted together: but the gathering together of all the families of a tribe on such occasions seems to have taken place only once in the year. 1Sa 20:6 Nu 10:10 Nu 28:11 2Ki 4:23 Ps 81:3 Col 2:16

that I may. 1Sa 20:19 1Sa 19:2 Ps 55:12 Pr 22:3 Joh 8:59 Ac 17:14

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