Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

[Remembrance]. In H[uppah is the Day of Atonement. In Jeshebeab is the Festival] (6) [of Booths.]
The eighth month (begins) in Immer. [The ninth month (begins) in Jachin. The tenth month (begins)
in joiari]b. The elev[en]th [month (begins)] in Ma[lachiah. The twelfth month (begins)] (7) [in
Shecaniah.] The fifth (year): the fi[rst month (begins) in Bilgah. In Immer] is the Passover. In
Happ[izzez is] the Waving of the Omer. The sec[ond month (begins) in Happizz]ez. In Jehezkel is (8)
[the Second Passover. The third month (begins) in [Delaiah. In Joiarib is the Festival of Weeks. The
fou[rth month (begins)] in Harim. The fifth month (begins) in Hakk[oz. The sixth month (begins) in
Jakim. The seventh month (begins) (9) in Immer. That day is the Day of Rememb[rance. In Hezir is
the Day of Atonement. In] Happizzez is the Festival of Booths. The eighth month (begins) in
[Je]hezkel. The ninth month (begins) in joiar[i]b. The tenth . . .
Fragment 2 Column 4 (4) [The sixth month (begins) in Immer. The seventh month (begins) in
Jehezkel That day is the Day of Remembrance. In Jachin is the Day of Atonement. In Gamul is] the
Festival of (5) [Booths. The eighth month (begins) in Maaziah. The ninth month (begins) in
Malachiah. The tenth month (begins) in Jeshua The eleven[th mo]nth (begins) in Huppah. (6) [The
twelfth month (begins) in Happizzez.]
23. Priestly Courses 11 (4Q320)
Relying largely on ciphers, Fragment 1 of this manuscript preserves three columns. These portions
provide the first three years of the correspondence between the lunisolar calendar and the solar
calendar. One can observe that the lunisolar calendar loses ten days per year vis-a-vis the solar
calendar, so that over the period covered by these columns it falls behind a full 30 days. As noted
above, it would never fall behind by more. A month was intercalated every three years to bring the
two calendars back into alignment.