Hebraic Musing – Do the Appointed Feasts match Human Gestation?
It is amazing the
way Human Gestation lines up with the Appointed Times specified in Leviticus
23! And it gives us a beautiful glimpse
into another aspect of our God's ingenuity and omniscience.
· Egg
appears on the 14th day of the first month, Passover. “These are the feasts of the LORD, holy
convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. On the
fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the LORD's Passover.”
Lev. 23:4-5 NKJV In the celebration of Passover,
during the Seder meal, it is customary for Jews to use an egg on the
Passover table symbolizing new life.
· The
egg must be fertilized within 24 hours.
Lev.23:6 “And on the fifteenth day (Next Day!) of the same
month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; ….”
· Within
2-6 days the egg will attach itself to the wall of the womb and begin to grow. First
fruits is observed anywhere from 2-6 days after Passover. Leviticus 23:9-14. And Exodus 28:19 “The first of the firstfruits
of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God.”
· Embryo
has recognizable body parts at 50 days! On Shavuot the embryo takes on form of
a human. That’s Pentecost!
Leviticus 23:15-22 describes the Feast of Weeks in detail. Here’s vs.16-17 “Count fifty days
to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering
to the LORD. You shall bring from your
dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine
flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the
LORD.”
· After
7 months, the 1st day, hearing is developed, and we celebrate Yom
Teruah, day of shouting and the Feast of Trumpets. Leviticus 23:23-24 “Then the LORD spoke to
Moses, saying “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the
seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a
memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.’”
· On
the 10th day of the 7th month, the blood hemoglobin changes from that of the
mother to a self-sustaining baby; that’s Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
when blood of a sacrificed animal is taken into Holy of Holies. “Also the tenth day of this seventh month
shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you;
you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering (Bloody) made
by fire to the LORD. And you shall do no
work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement
for you before the LORD your God.” Leviticus 23:27-28 We all
needed Atonement as soon as we were self-sustaining!?!?
· On
the 15th day of the 7th month, lungs become fully developed, capable of
self sustaining, making it possible for the baby to survive outside the
womb. The Feast of Tabernacles, a seven-day
celebration of a truly joyous feast is described in Leviticus 23:33-43. Here’s vs.41-43. “You shall keep it as a
feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in
your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. You shall
dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in
booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel
dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD
your God.” (BTW – In October 2014, Irene
and I celebrated the joyous 8-day Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, truly a
joyous occasion!)
· Birth would be on the
10th day of the 9th month. And eight
days later the son is circumcised. BTW
- Circumcision would happen to be on Hanukkah, exactly 9 months
and 10 days after Passover.
Points
to Ponder
Does
this point to “Intelligent Design”?
Did
Almighty God have to consult the medical professionals to figure this out?
Do
we serve an Omniscient God?
What
do you think?
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,
the First and the Last.” Revelation. 22:13
Yosef
a.k.a. Joe Brusherd July
15,
2025
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our
faith”
“Biblical Marriage (by Yosef)” Weekly “Hebraic
Musings”
Note – Inspired by Zola Levitt, Johanna Hocker and numerous other sources.
On Jun 30, 2025,
at 4:55 PM, Johanna Hocker <behockers@bevcomm.net> wrote:
It is amazing that
Human Gestation lines up with the appointed times of Leviticus 23!
· Egg
appears 14th day of first month, Passover.
Lev. 23:5 “
· Must
be fertilized within 24 hours, Unleavened Bread. Lev.23:6 “
· Within
2-6 days the egg will attach itself to the wall of the womb and begins to grow.
First fruits is observed anywhere from 2-6 days after Passover. Lev. 23:9-14 “
· Embryo
with recognizable body parts at 50 days! Shavuot, embryo takes on form of a
human. That’s Pentecost! Leviticus
23:15-22 describes the Feast of Weeks.
· 7
months, 1st day, hearing is developed, Yom Teruah, day of shouting and
trumpets. Lev. 23:23-25 “
· 10th
day of 7th month, hemoglobin of the blood changes from that of the mother to a
self sustaining baby, Yom Kippur, Day of atonement when blood taken into holy
of Holies
· 15th
day of 7th month, lungs become fully developed, capable of self sustaining,
Sukkot, breath of Holy Spirit,
· Birth
on the 10th day of 9th month, 8 days later son is circumcised, on Hanukkah, 9
months and 10 days after Passover.
Gestation
and Biblical Feasts―What's the Connection?
The relationship
between the human gestation period and the Jewish Feasts of the Lord. Yes,
there really is a connection, and it gives us a beautiful glimpse into another
aspect of our God's ingenuity and omniscience.
Please know this
is not your average “birds and the bees” talk, but rather a completely new
perspective about “the making of a baby.” This topic addresses the relationship
between the human gestation period and the Jewish Feasts of the Lord!
I’ll begin with
the gestation calendar for pregnancy and will show how it parallels the Jewish
feast calendar as part of an apparent and intentional plan.
- The
egg appears on the 14th day of the first month. While a woman's body
prepares for ovulation during her menstrual cycle, the egg needed to help
create the child appears. What also happens on the 14th day of the first
month of the Jewish calendar is what we know as Passover (Numbers 28:16)!
In the celebration of the Passover, during the Seder meal, it
is customary for Jews to use an egg on the Passover table as a symbol for
new life.
Boom! That right
there (as we say in the south) was enough to hook me and get me excited to read
further about the correlations between these times of celebration. (It also
made me crave cheesy eggs with bacon because I'm 33 weeks pregnant and am in a
serious love affair with breakfast food right now.)
- The
newly appeared egg MUST be fertilized within 24 hours, or it will pass on.
This would fall on the 15th day of the first month and marks the Feast
of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6)!
Both leavened and
unleavened bread were typical in the ancient Near East. Unleavened bread would
be made hastily when serving a meal to an unexpected guest due to the speed at
which it was prepared. However, the most common use of unleavened bread would,
of course, be used for the celebration itself. This feast commemorates the
Jewish people fleeing from Egypt. The Feast of Unleavened Bread signifies
anxiety and readiness for an awaited new journey and new life promised to us by
God.
- Within
two to six days, the fertilized egg travels down the tube toward the
uterus before it becomes implanted. This reflects the Festival of
First Fruits, the spring planting festival which also does not fall on
a specific date but occurs and is observed two to six days after Passover! Exodus 28:19 ““The first of the
firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your
God.”
- At
50 days, our little one is developing slowly. Now, we can recognize the
new life of having hands, feet, eyes, and legs―fully embracing its
beautiful and recognizable form―a “complete” anatomy, if you will.
Most secular doctors would say that this is when the child can be first
recognized as “ taking on human form.” This time period marks Pentecost,
50 days after Passover, the day that the Israelites confirmed their
covenant as the people of God. It marks the day God gave His Law (Torah)
to His people on Mount Sinai. The Jewish people recognizing God’s law was
the recognition of the beginning of them as His chosen people.
- Next
is what I would consider to be the COOLEST time during a pregnancy. The
baby's hearing fully develops at the beginning of the seventh month. It
can recognize and become familiar with her parents’ voices and other
distinguished sounds (maybe a trumpet, for instance (; ). The Feast
of Trumpets occurs at this time!
Numbers 29:1 ‘And in the seventh month, on the first day of the
month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.
For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.”
- In
the second week of the seventh month of the baby's development, oxygen is
carried throughout the body by the iron-containing protein, “hemoglobin,
" found in red blood cells. The baby’s hemoglobin begins changing to
become more like that of adult hemoglobin. This change better adapts the
baby to live in the outside world, breathing air rather than living in the
womb. This time period correlates to Yom Kippur, the Day of
Atonement. During this time, each believer would present a sacrifice
with blood that was acceptable and mature to atone for their sins.
- On
the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the lungs fully develop, making it
possible for the baby to survive outside the womb. This incredible
development corresponds to the date of the Feasts of Tabernacles.
This time celebrates a joyous feast remembering the days that God lived
with the Jews in the wilderness. During this time, God’s people lived in
temporary booths and worshiped in a portable tabernacle. (Just as the womb
is a temporary accommodation for the child) The “Tabernacle” is the House
of the Spirit. “Spirit” and “breath” come from the same word, whether in
Old Testament Hebrew (ruach) or New Testament Greek (pneuma).
- The
average gestation period is 280 days. From Passover to Hanukkah is
280 days; this festival symbolizes victory and a new birth of Israel. Author Bio: Alyssa Glander October 13th, 2023
