2 ^o“This month shall be for you ^pthe beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.

Bread from Heaven

1 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, ^ton the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.

17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, ^sthe tabernacle was erected.

A Census of Israel’s Warriors

1 The Lord spoke to Moses ^ain the wilderness of Sinai, ^bin the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

The Passover Celebrated

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses ^sin the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Israel Leaves Sinai

11 ^sIn the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud ^tlifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,

3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them,

Solomon Builds the Temple

1 ^zIn the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.