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Ezekiel 29:17: ...in "1 to the chodesh", the word of the LORD came unto me...

Ezekiel 31:1: ...in "1 to the chodesh", the word of the LORD came unto me...

Ezekiel 32:1: ...in "1 to the chodesh", the word of the LORD came unto me...

Ezekiel 45:18: ...in "1 to the chodesh"...cleanse the sanctuary...

Haggai 1:1: ...on "1 to the chodesh", came the word of the LORD by Haggai...

It is possible that the cited singular date was essential in marking-off or delimiting a spe-
cific segment of weeks (where the singular date: a "1" or "echad" was integral in defining the
Sabbath cycle).

The Hebrew word "echad" is used 952 times throughout biblical texts. The word has the
distinct nuance in meaning of being a "1" (and not necessarily a "first" -- as it is sometimes trans-
lated in the KJV and in other Bible versions). This necessary comprehension in the meaning of
"echad" (of being singular) may be significant in the ultimate recognition of an ancient calendar of
Sabbath weeks -- where the Sabbaths were segmented between the periodic appearance of a single
date.

As per Ezekiel, "the 1 to the new beginnings" was once ceremoniously observed. It's com-
memoration must have heralded a renewal, or a new beginning amid the Sabbaths. It seems that
the arrival of this singular date (the "echad") was both a terminal delimiter, as well as a beginning
delimiter for a new count of the Sabbath. The festival date: "the 1 to the chodesh" appears to
have a unique meaning which is a bit diverse from another calendar date: "rosh" or "rishon"
(which does mean "first", and is duly used to describe a "first day", or a "first chodesh").

The singular festival date -- as frequently is alluded to in the Hebrew Bible -- is seemingly
referred to a number of times in other Hebrew (and early Christian) texts.

Extended Sabbath Time

Based upon some of the Second Temple literature, it would seem that each lunar cycle
minimally was reckoned to contain 14 days plus a half-day delimiter (in the first half of the lunar
cycle), and 14 days plus a half-day delimiter (in the last-half of the lunar cycle). This starkly for-
mal method of reckoning the lunar-cycle (in two separate halves) was seemingly integral in defin-
ing the Second-Temple calendar.

Based upon this early-used extremely formal method of tracking the lunar cycle, Sabbaths
which occurred on the 7th and on 21st whole-days would have traversed no more than the length of
1 day-unit. Conversely, Sabbaths which occurred at the 14th and 28th whole-days would have
traversed the additional length of the half-day-unit -- where the additional half-day-unit would
have corresponded to the cited extraneous delimiter. Here it is of interest to note that the Sabbath
interval which occurred at the 14th day, or at the 28th day, would perceptually have been a large
Sabbath, or an extended Sabbath.
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