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Tisri

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

Tis´ri was the first month of the civil, and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year, in which fell the Festival of Atonement and that of Tabernacles. In , it is termed the month of Ethanim, that is, the month of streaming rivers, which are filled during this month by the autumnal rains. It corresponds with our September—October.

 

 

 

 

Bibliography Information
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Tisri'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​t/tisri.html.