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622. The Month Sebat

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

Zechariah 1:7

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Zechariah 1:7⁷Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (Zechariah 1:7). The eleventh month, which is the month Sebat.

Sebat corresponds very nearly to our month of February.

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• 602. Idolatrous Customs

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• 607. Horses, Unshod

• 608. Cultivation of Figs

• 609. The Sieve

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• 611. Sailors' Superstitions

• 612. The Covered Lip

• 613. Sitting in the Shade

• 614. Ninevite Conviviality

• 615. Assyrian Warriors

• 616. Tempering Clay

• 617. Worship of Weapons

• 618. The Use of Wood in Walls

• 619. Silence

• 620. The Naked Bow

• 621. The Chemarim

• 622. The Month Sebat

• 623. Heavy Stones

• 624. Separation of the Sexes

• 625. Bells for Horses

• 626. Fulling

• 627. The Book of Remembrance

• 628. Treatment of Enemies

• 629. Espousals