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Elul

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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E´lul. , is the name of that month which was the sixth of the ecclesiastical, and twelfth of the civil, year of the Jews, and which began with the new moon of our September. According to the Megillat Taanith, the 17th day of this month was a public fast for the death of the spies who brought back a bad report of the land ().

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Elul'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​e/elul.html.
 
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