Preface
This study explores why Yahusha observed Passover a day earlier than the Yahudim, as evidenced by John 18:28, 19:14, and 19:31. The Yahudim’s luni-solar calendar, adjusted by the 19-year Metonic cycle, drifted by ~1 day every 216 years. Divine interventions—Joshua’s Long Day (~6 hours, Joshua 10:12–13) and Hezekiah’s sundial miracle (~40 minutes, 2 Kings 20:8–11)—added 6.67 hours, shifting the true solar cycle by 1 day over 1,449 years. Yahusha followed Elohim’s true Nisan 14, while the Yahudim’s calculated Nisan 14 was actually Nisan 15. This analysis examines how priestly divisions (1 Chronicles 23–24, Ezra 6:18, Luke 1:5) and divine timing (Zechariah 14:6–7) align Yahusha’s Passover with His role as the Passover Lamb, revealing Elohim’s sovereignty over time and redemption.
We begin by seeing why Yahusha kept the Passover with His disciples a day before the Yahudim. While many calendar experts differ with each other in observances of their feast days, none of them would be able to explain as to how Yahusha observed the Passover a day before the Yahudites did. There are scriptures showing us that the Yahudites had not yet observed their Passover and so as to not defile themselves, they did not enter the Praetorium and also hastened to take down the bodies of Yahusha & the 2 zealots impaled along with Him.
Joh 18:28 Then they led יהושע from Qayapha to the palace, and it was early. And they themselves did not go into the palace, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Pěsaḥ.
To maintain the calendar's alignment with the seasons, the Jewish calendar incorporated an intercalary month (an extra month) to adjust the timing of festivals and other events. The 19-year cycle, with its seven intercalary months, was a way to ensure that the calendar's months and years were correctly aligned with the solar year over long periods. The 19-year Metonic cycle was developed long before the Julian or Gregorian calendars. When ancient astronomers, especially the Babylonians and later the Greeks, used the Metonic cycle, they were not referring to a specific calendar (like Julian or Gregorian) but rather to the solar year as observed astronomically and mathematically. Before the Metonic cycle (5th century BC), the ancient YasharELites did not use a fixed mathematical system to align their lunisolar calendar with the solar year. Instead, they used an observational and agricultural system, rooted in both natural signs and religious authority to determine the start of months and years.
Here’s how the pre-Metonic Hebrew calendar aligned itself with the solar cycle:
🌙 1. Lunar Months by Observation
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Months began with the sighting of the new crescent moon.
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Each month had 29 or 30 days, based on visual observation.
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The beginning of each month was proclaimed (originally by priests or later by the Sanhedrin in Yerushalayim).
☀️ 2. Solar Year Alignment through Intercalation
Because 12 lunar months = 354 days (about 11 days short of a solar year), the calendar would drift out of season if nothing was done.
So how did they align it?
They added a 13th month ("Adar II") as needed—but not by a mathematical rule like the Metonic cycle.
Instead, the decision was based on:
a. Agricultural Signs:
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The most important sign was whether the barley (Abib) in YasharEL was ripening.
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Passover (Pesach) had to fall in spring, at the time of ripe barley.
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If the barley was not ripe, they declared a leap year and added an extra month.
b. Other Signs Considered:
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Almond trees blooming
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Weather patterns and timing of the equinox
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Animal birth cycles (e.g., lambs for Passover)
This method ensured the first month (Nisan/Abib) stayed aligned with spring, and the festivals (especially Passover and Sukkot) remained seasonally appropriate.
📜 Scriptural Root
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Exodus 12:2: “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months…” (referring to Abib).
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Deuteronomy 16:1: “Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover…”
“Observe” implies both calendar observance and watching the signs of nature.
🕰️ When Did the Metonic Cycle Enter Jewish Use?
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The Metonic cycle was adopted by the Jewish calendar in the post-exilic period, particularly under Babylonian influence.
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After the destruction of the Second Temple (70 AD), and especially in the 4th century AD, Hillel II formalized the fixed Hebrew calendar using a version of the Metonic cycle (7 leap years every 19 years).
The 19-year cycle was fully established during the Second Temple period (516 BCE to 70 CE) and became a central feature of the Jewish calendar.
Numbers Behind the Metonic Cycle:
Measurement | Value |
1 solar year | ~365.2422 days |
1 lunar month | ~29.5306 days (synodic month) |
19 solar years | ~6939.601 days |
235 lunar months | ~6939.691 days |
The two totals match within just a few hours — an extremely close alignment.
🔹 Difference in Days: 6939.691 – 6939.601 = 0.09 days
🔹 Convert to Hours:
0.09 days × 24 hours/day = 2.16 hours, or about: 2 hours, 10 minutes.
0.16 x 60 (minutes) = 9.6 (round off as 10 minutes)
As we calculated:
- Metonic cycle error = ~2.16 hours every 19 years
Now, over 216 years:
- 216 years ÷ 19 years = 11.3684 Metonic cycles
- 11.3684 cycles × 2.16 hours ≈ 24.5 hours
That’s just over 1 full day + 33 minutes
This means that:
- The Hebrew calendar, even with its 19-year leap-cycle correction, slowly drifts from the solar cycle unless further adjustments are made.
- That’s why periodic calendar corrections (like refining leap rules) are needed over long spans.
Messiah having the Passover meal a day before: Could This Be a Calendar Discrepancy?
Event | Timing |
Messiah eats Passover with His disciples (Last Supper) | Evening before His impaling on the stake Nisan 15 at sundown |
Messiah is impaled | Afternoon of Nisan 14 (as per Jewish calendar) the exact time Jews were slaughtering lambs (John 19:14, 31). Nisan 15 on Elohim's calendar. |
Jewish leaders hadn’t yet eaten the Passover | John 18:28 ” suggesting the official feast was that night, after His death |
🌒 Jewish Luni-Solar Calendar Drift (216-Year Rule)
🧠 Background
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The Jewish calendar is lunar-based but tries to stay in sync with the solar year (~365.2422 days).
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A lunar year = ~354 days → short by ~11 days
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So they add Adar II 7 times every 19 years (Metonic cycle)
📉 But even with this:
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There's an error of +1 day & 33 minutes every 216 years
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Why? Because Metonic cycle = 19 solar years is actually slightly off:
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19 solar years = 6939.601 days
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235 lunar months = 6939.69 days
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Difference: 0.09 days per cycle → accumulates to +1 day every 216 years
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📌 So:
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The Jewish authorities would occasionally correct the calendar by deducting a day in 216 years
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If not corrected timely, their calculated Nisan 14 could fall 1 day off from the actual.
☀️ Solar Time Drift Over 1449 Years
⏱ Joshua’s Long Day + Hezekiah’s Shadow
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Joshua’s long day: ≈ 6 hours (sun stood still, Joshua 10:13)
“The sun stood still in the middle of the heavens, and did not hurry to go down for a whole day (יום תמים - yom tamim).”
- The sun paused at its midpoint /zenith (at noon) — for 6 hours.
- Result: Daylight was extended until YasharEL defeated the Amorites.
- The text says “not hastening to go down”, not that it never did — implying a delay, not a full 24-hour stop.
Estimated delay: ~6 hours of extended sunlight
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Hezekiah’s sign: ≈ 40 minutes (shadow reversed 10 degrees, 2 Kings 20:11)
2Ki 20:8 And Ḥizqiyahu said to Yeshayahu, “What is the sign that יהוה does heal me, and that I shall go up to the House of יהוה the third day?” 2Ki 20:9 And Yeshayahu said, “This is the sign for you from יהוה, that יהוה does the word which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?” - How do we 40 minutes of solar reversal:The sun rotates 360 degrees around the earth in 24 hours. Hence, 360/24 =15 degrees per hour.Now we need to calculate 10 degrees. 10/15 x 60 (minutes per hour) = 40 minutes.
This was a miracle or a real time-loop, where the sun’s apparent motion reversed briefly. These delays would have accumulated — 6 hours in Joshua’s day, 40 minutes in Hezekiah’s.
Total Delay: 6 hours + 40 minutes = 6.67 hours
2Ki 20:10 And Ḥizqiyahu said, “It would be easy for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”
2Ki 20:11 And Yeshayahu the prophet cried out to יהוה, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Aḥaz.YashaYahu/Isaiah prays and the sun’s shadow retreats 10 steps (on the sundial).
Now divide that into a full day (24 hours): 24/6.67 = 3.598 hours
So it takes 3.598 times the gap between the signs and Messiah to accumulate a full 1-day drift. However, the 6.67-hour gain (Joshua + Hezekiah) was a one- time event aligning the sun to Yahuah's kept appointed time. Elohim inserted a one-time surplus of 6.67 hours into the solar system in solar cycles He Himself kept while man missed the mark. That "extra time" effectively delays sunset by that much.
Gen 1:14 And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs/auth אות H226 and appointed times/ מועדים moedim H4150, and for days/ ימים H3117 yomim and years/ שנה shanah H8141,
It would take 1449 years for this time to accumulate into a 1-day difference (24 hours) as per the timeline.
We’ll use AM (Anno Mundi) — years from Creation — based on our 4000-year timeline which we saw in previous study ending in 31 AD when Messiah Yahusha was impaled.
- In AM terms, based on 2nd timeline:
- Creation: 0 AM
- Flood: 1656 AM
- Abraham born: 2008 AM
- Exodus: 2513 AM
- Entering the land : 2553 AM (40 years later)
- Joshua’s long day: Shortly after entering the land as he was younger and fought battles → 2553 to 2555 AM
This part refers to calendar drift: the sun moves consistently and precisely, but human calendars (Julian, Jewish) are approximations of that rhythm & Julian calendar was not yet invented.
Calendars measure time by counting days — not hours. If the sun shines for an extra 6.67 hours once in history, the calendar invented later doesn’t adjust for that partial day. It just keeps counting days as if nothing happened. That 6.67 hours adds to the total solar time experienced by Earth — but the calendar doesn't reflect it. So over time, the true solar position is now slightly ahead of the calendar’s estimate of where the sun “should be. The earth gained 6.67 hours of extra sunlight but the inventors of the solar calendar didn't have a clue because the calendar kept counting normal 24-hour days. So when will the solar cycle catch up with this bonus light is what matters?
24 hours (1day)/6.67 hours = 3.598 hours
So it would take 3.598 hours × the time between the solar delay and Messiah’s death for the calendar to “catch up” by 1 day.
Total delay accumulated: 6.67 hours x 3.598 = 24 hours
So:
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That 6.67-hour one-time gain doesn’t “repeat.”
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But it remains baked into the astronomical timing.
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Therefore, it could take 1449 years for human reckoning (e.g., the Julian or luni-solar calendars) to understand a full day relative to Elohim's adjusted solar time, but they didn't account that time as it remained a blind spot to their understanding.
Divine Solar Drift (Joshua + Hezekiah = +6.67 hours):
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This added 1 day over 1449 years.
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So Elohim’s true solar reckoning becomes 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar and Jewish calendar by Yahusha’s time.
Does the 1-day forward shift in the solar cycle move Nisan 14 to Nisan 15 on Elohim's timeline?
No, it means the true Nisan 14 is one day earlier than what the Jewish calendar thought. Below chart will help us understand this better:- Image 1
Based on the Image above we can see Joshua's long day taken as 2555 AM & Yahusha's day when He was impaled as 4004AM. Hence, 4004 - 2555 = 1449.
✝️ PASSOVER TIMING
| Group | Called it... | But it was really... |
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| Jewish authorities | Nisan 14 | Nisan 15 (1 day ahead on Elohim’s solar clock) |
| Yahusha | Nisan 14 | Nisan 14 (true, solar reckoning) |
🔹 Elohim’s Calendar (True Solar-Aligned Calendar)
Due to the +1 day solar drift over 1449 years, Elohim’s reckoning was 1 day ahead of the Sanhedrin’s calendar:
| Time | Elohim’s Calendar | Event |
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| Sunset (Tues) | Start of Nisan 15 | Yahusha eats the Passover meal (Lamb already sacrificed at end of Nisan 14) |
| Daytime (Wed) | Nisan 15 day | Yahusha is impaled and dies |
✔ Yahusha ate the meal at the start of Nisan 15 (Torah-correct)
✔ He was sacrificed during the day of Nisan 15 (same time as Torah lambs would be killed on Nisan 14 — on the Jewish calendar)
🔁 Context Recap:
We’re dealing with a one-time solar event — the 6.67-hour solar gain from:
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Joshua’s long day (~6 hours), and
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Hezekiah’s shadow reversal (~40 minutes), totaling 6.67 hours, effectively extending one day by that amount.
Over 1449 years, that solar gain accumulates into 1 full day of drift between the solar year and the Jewish luni-solar calendar.
Which Calendar is Being Drifted Ahead? No calendar is being drifted ahead, as there was no solar calendar until 46BCE
The solar cycle (i.e., Elohim’s reckoning based on actual solar time) is what experiences the 6.67-hour gain.
So when we say:
“The solar cycle/reckoning is ahead by 1 day” over 1449 years,
We mean:
Elohim's solar position for Nisan 14 now occurs 1 day earlier than when the Jewish calendar says it's Nisan 14. Which means Jewish calendar Nisan 14 is actually Nisan 15.
But here's the key difference:
📌 The luni-solar drift is cyclical and regular → happens every 216 years
📌 The **solar gain from Joshua/Hezekiah is a one-time event → it stays fixed
If the Jews corrected their +1 day drift (as they were supposed to), they'd come back in line with the solar cycle as it existed before the solar gain. But Elohim’s reckoning had already moved ahead their luni-solar calendar by +1 day due to that one-time gain — permanently shifting “true time” forward by one day.
The Jewish calendar is 1 day ahead due to Metonic drift over 216 years.
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The solar cycle is also 1 day ahead due to the 6.67-hour gain accumulated over 1449 years.
So you might expect that they are now equal — right?
But here’s the key insight: The Jewish correction (Metonic) only brings them up to the original solar cycle — before Elohim's miraculous gain. They never corrected for the 6.67-hour gain (because it wasn’t a repeating error — it was a divine intervention, not a mechanical calendar drift)
The Jewish calendar may have been technically "corrected", but it was still 1 day ahead Elohim’s real-time solar clock, because:
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Elohim's reckoning gained a day as the actual day.
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The human calendar only thinks it’s back in sync after 216 years of correction.
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So Yahusha followed Elohim's real-time Nisan 14.
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The Jewish authorities followed a calculated Nisan 14, which was actually Nisan 15 by solar reality.
Even though the Jewish calendar had added a leap day to correct the 1-day drift from the Metonic cycle, it would have only brought them in line with the pre-Joshua & Hezekiah's solar cycle.
But Elohim’s one-time solar gain shifted true time permanently ahead by one day — so they were still one day behind Elohim’s reckoning.
That’s why Yahusha observed Passover meal on the true Nisan 15 (after sun down).
Jewish calendar says it's Nisan 14 after the correction, but Yahuah says, nope its Nisan 15 you are on because you didn't understand that I added 6.67 hours amounting to 1 day in 1449 years from Joshua's time to Yahusha's Passover keeping in 31AD and because of their delay they would have observed Passover meal after sun down on Nisan 16.
Hence, if we say the Sanhedrin didn't correct the calendar by the 1 day in 216 years during Yahusha's time would be incorrect to say as the calendar system was aligned with their priestly duties/divisions for sacrifices & incense offering, musicians & gatekeepers etc. & accounting for appointed time. David had set the divisions correctly year by year and the same pattern was being followed.
1Ch 23:2 and he gathered all the rulers of Yisra’ěl, with the priests and the Lěwites.
1Ch 23:3 And the Lěwites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above. And their number, head by head, was thirty-eight thousand males.
1Ch 23:4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the House of יהוה, and six thousand were officers and judges,
1Ch 23:5 and four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand to give praise to יהוה, “which I made for giving praise.”
1Ch 23:6 And Dawiḏ divided them into divisions, of the sons of Lěwi: of Gěrshon, Qehath, and Merari.
Also, please read 1Chr 24:1-19 where David set the 24 priestly divisions.
Shelemoh carried this legacy forward as it says
2Ch 8:13 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the command of Mosheh, for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the appointed times three times a year: the Festival of Matzot, and the Festival of Shaḇuʽoth, and the Festival of Sukkot.
2Ch 8:14 And according to the ruling of Dawiḏ his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Lěwites for their duties, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for so was the command of Dawiḏ the man of Elohim.
Key Points to be observed in 2Chr 23:18 :
“Appointed oversight” — This means Yehoyaḏa is delegating the ongoing authority, not micromanaging it himself.
“Whom David had assigned” — Refers to the 24 priestly divisions (1 Chr 24) and musical orders (1 Chr 25).
“As it is written in the Torah of Moses” — The calendar-based sacrificial system (Num 28–29) is tied to festival timing, which requires careful date reckoning.
“According to the order of David” — Points to the week-by-week schedule David instituted for both priests and musicians.
Ezra restored the priestly divisions post the Babylonian exile:
Ezr 6:18 And they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Lěwites to their divisions, over the service of Elah in Yerushalayim, as it is written in the Book of Mosheh.
Luke 1:5 is proof the system still existed in New Testament times
Luk 1:5 There was in the days of Herodes, the sovereign of Yehuḏah, a certain priest named Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheḇa.
Let's revisit Joshua 10:12-15
Jos 10:13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Yashar? Thus the sun stopped in the midst of the heavens, and did not hasten to go down for an entire day.
Jos 10:14 And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that יהוה listened to the voice of a man, because יהוה fought for Yisra’ěl.
Jos 10:15 So Yehoshua returned, and all Yisra’ěl with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
| Word | Hebrew | Meaning |
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| אץ | atz | to hurry, hasten |
| לבוא | lavo | to come/go (especially to go down—sunset) |
| כיום | k’yom | like a day |
| תמים | tamim | complete, finished, whole |
So — תמים here literally means:
"a full, finished day"
Not just “a whole day” in length, but a completed cycle of time
And "did not hasten to go down for a complete day" suggests the sun delayed its descent to prevent the day from ending — it suspended the completion of the day.
📘 Biblical Uses of Tam תם & Tamam תמם:
תם (tam): This adjective describes someone who is blameless or morally upright. For example, Job is described as "blameless and upright" (tam v'yashar) in Job 1:1
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uts, whose name was Iyoḇ. And that man was perfect/tam תם H8535 and straight, and one who feared Elohim and turned aside from evil.
תמם (tamam): This verb means "to be complete" or "to come to an end." It is used in contexts such as the completion of a year (Genesis 47:18) or the finishing of a task (Deuteronomy 31:24).
Gen 47:18 And when that year had ended/H8552 tamam תמם, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We do not hide from my master that our silver is all spent, and my master also has the livestock we owned. There has not been left any before my master but our bodies and our lands.
Deu 34:8 And the children of Yisra’ěl wept for Mosheh in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ thirty days. And the days of weeping and mourning for Mosheh were ended/ H8552 tamam תמם.
The Song of Masha & the Song of the Lamb are one and the same
Deu 31:30 So Mosheh spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Yisra’ěl the words of this song till they ended/H8552 tamam תמם
Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Mosheh the servant of Elohim, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvellous are Your works, יהוה Ěl Shaddai! Righteous and true are Your ways, O Sovereign of the set-apart ones!
Jos 4:10 And the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Yarděn until every matter was finished/H8552 tamam תמם that יהוה had commanded Yehoshua to speak to the people, according to all that Mosheh had commanded Yehoshua. And the people hastened and passed over.
So, how do we understand this in Joshua 10:13?
.....and did not hasten to go down for ending/תמם tamam a day. or
...and did not hasten to go down to finish/תמם tamam the day. or
...and did not hasten to go down for a complete or whole/תמם tamam day.
Josh 10:13 says ...'to go down' ולא אצ לבוא ( w’lo’-‘ats labo), also means 'to come in/fill in' (please look up the usage of bo בוא)
Josh 10:13 revised translation would read 'and did not hasten to come in/fill in'
Remember, the 'sun/shemesh שמש' H8121 is likened to Yahusha who would rise with healing in His wings.
Mal 4:2 “But to you who fear My Name the Sun/shemesh שמש' H8121 of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall.
Yahuah's Torah is likened to the sun running its course in its circuit from one end to another. And the living Torah is Yahusha.
Psa 19:5 And it is like a bridegroom coming out of his room, It rejoices like a strong man to run the path.
Psa 19:6 Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end; And naught is hidden from its heat.
Psa 19:7 The Torah of יהוה is perfect, bringing back the being; The witness of יהוה is trustworthy, making wise the simple;
ZacharYah says:
Zec 14:7 And it shall be one day which is known to יהוה, neither day nor night, but at evening/ereb ערב H6153 time there shall be light.
🔸 “Not day, not night” — echoes the eclipse-like darkness from 12pm to 3pm when Yahusha hung on the stake.
🔸 “At evening there shall be light” — literally fulfilled the same evening after the darkness
| Event | Description | Time Frame | Connection |
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| Joshua's Day | Sun halts at zenith | 12 PM | Prevents the day from completing (תמים) |
| Messiah's Death | Darkness from noon | 12PM to 3 PM | Bringing morning and evening lamb offerings one in Him. |
| Zechariah 14:6–7 | One strange day, ending in light | "Not day or night" | Prophetic of Messiah's impaling day |
| תמים (tamim) | “Complete, whole, perfect, finished” | Ties together the halted day, the perfect sacrifice, and the finished work |
Elohim demonstrated by bringing darkness over the whole land to show He is in control of time put under His own power and to fulfill His eternal purpose. The impaling fulfilled not only the timing of Passover but also the cosmic and prophetic pattern of a day delayed (Jewish) by interruption, and completed only by Elohim’s hand.
ZecharYah 14:7 says...... 'at evening time there shall be light'
The word for evening is 'ereb/ערב' H6153. The same word H6148 A primitive root; to braid, that is, intermix; technically to traffic (as if by barter); also to give or be security (as a kind of exchange): - engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be (-come, put in) surety, undertake.
John 19:14 It was the time of ereb/ערב Passover and about the sixth hour. He said to the Yahudim, “Behold your King.” But they shouted, “Take, take, impale Him!”
H6148 shows an exchange time. Yahusha the Lamb in exchange for the lamb (animal) which shows a finished/tamim תמים work.
Gal 4:25 for this Haḡar is Mount Sinai in Araḇ/ereb ערב, and corresponds to Yerushalayim which now is, and is in slavery with her children.
Hence, Josh 10:13 is showing us a finished/completed/whole/ending day.
The Amorite war:
Gen 48:22 “And I, I have given to you (Yoseph) one/echad אחד H259 H259 portion/shekem שכם H7926 above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
There is no direct biblical account of Yaaqob personally fighting the Amorites with a sword and bow.
Joshua's Conquest of the Amorites (Joshua 10):
Joshua defeats a coalition of Amorite kings, including the famous “sun standing still” event.
Joshua was from the tribe of Ephraim, son of Yoseph.
Much of the land conquered (especially central hill country including Shechem) becomes part of Ephraim and Manasseh’s inheritance.
➤ In this view, Yaaqob prophetically assigns Yoseph’s line a double portion, anticipating future conquest by Yoseph’s descendants.
The "One Portion" (Hebrew: Shekem שכם Echad אחד):
The Hebrew word for “portion” in this verse is שכם (Shekem), which is also the name of the city Shechem.
So the verse could be literally read:
“I have given you first/אחד echad Shechem/שכם, which I took from the Amorite with my sword and with my bow”
This ties the verse both geographically and prophetically to:
Genesis 33–34 (Yaaqob and Shechem)
Joshua 24:32 (Yoseph buried at Shechem)
Joshua 17 (Shechem in the territory of Ephraim)
- Biblical Evidence: John 18:28, 19:14, and 19:31 indicate Yahudim had not yet observed Passover during Yahusha’s Impaling on the stake, as they avoided defilement and hastened to remove bodies before the Sabbath.
- Yahusha’s Passover: Yahusha ate the Passover meal with His disciples on the evening before His impaling (Nisan 15), a day earlier than the Yahudim’s observance.
- Jewish Calendar: The Yahudim used a luni-solar calendar (354 days) with a 19-year Metonic cycle, adding a leap month (Adar II) 7 times to align with the solar year (~365.2422 days).
- Calendar Drift: The Metonic cycle has a 2.16-hour error every 19 years, accumulating to a 1-day 33 minutes drift every 216 years, requiring periodic corrections by the Sanhedrin.
- Divine Solar Interventions:
- Joshua’s Long Day (Joshua 10:12–13): Sun halted for ~6 hours.
- Hezekiah’s Sundial (2 Kings 20:8–11): Sun’s shadow reversed by 10 degrees (~40 minutes).
- Total: 6.67 hours of added solar time.
- Solar Drift Impact: Over 1,449 years (from Joshua 2555 AM to Yahusha’s impaling on the stake in 31 CE/4004 AM), the 6.67-hour gain accumulated to a 1-day shift in the true solar cycle.
- Calendar Misalignment:
- Yahusha followed Elohim’s true solar Nisan 14.
- Yahudim’s calculated Nisan 14, even if corrected for Metonic drift, was actually Nisan 15 due to unaccounted divine solar gain, whereas Yahusha who is Yahuah in transitioned form, accounted for the shift forward of time and observed the Passover the night before being true to its day i.e. Nisan 15 (after sunset).
- Priestly Divisions: David’s 24 priestly divisions (1 Chronicles 23–24) ensured precise temple duties, continued by Solomon, Yehoyada, and Ezra (Ezra 6:18), and active in Yahusha’s time (Luke 1:5).
- Theological Significance:
- Yahusha’s Passover timing aligned with the true solar Nisan 14, fulfilling His role as the Passover Lamb (John 1:29).
- Supernatural darkness (Zechariah 14:6–7) during impaling on the stake (12 PM–3 PM) and the “evening light” signify a divine, completed (tamim) day.
- Conclusion: The Yahudim’s calendar, despite corrections, was 1 day ahead of Elohim’s reckoning due to divine interventions, explaining why Yahusha observed Passover a day earlier, perfectly timed with the lamb sacrifices.
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