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The book of Jubilees is an early Hebrew document that is very similar to the Book of Genesis. In fact, the Book of Jubilees is in agreement with the Book of Genesis. In several instances though, the Book of Jubilees provides more details than the Book of Genesis. The information below is meant to show what the calendar looked like that was described in the Book of Jubilees plus show the events of Noah’s flood on the calendar. The calendar in Jubilees was a solar calendar just like the calendar described by Enoch.
The Book of Jubilees provides this prophecy regarding time keeping:
Jubilees 1:13 “And they will forget all my law and all my commandments and all my judgments, and they will err in reference to new moons and sabbaths and festivals and jubilees and ordinances. And then they will turn themselves to me from the midst of the nations with all their hearts and all their soul and all their power, and I shall gather them from amongst all nations, and they will seek me that I may be found for them when they seek me with all their heart and with all their soul, and I will open to them much peace and happiness.”
The full text to the Book of Jubilees can be found here: http://wesley.nnu.edu/index.php?id=2127
The Jubilees Calendar
The Jubilees Calendar first tells us that the year is divided into four quarters or seasons and the first day of each quarter is a special day of remembrance.
Jub 6:23 And on the new moon [beginning] of the first month, and on the new moon [beginning] of the fourth month, and on the new moon [beginning] of the seventh month, and on the new moon [beginning] of the tenth month are the days of remembrance, and the days of the seasons in the four divisions of the year. These are written and ordained 24 as a testimony for ever.
The words ‘new moon’ above is actually translated from the Hebrew word chodesh which really means month. Most of our bibles make this same mistake. The verse below is an example of this mis-translation.
Amos 8:5 saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain?
This link shows the words ‘new moon’ used in this verse is chodesh: http://biblehub.com/lexicon/amos/8-5.htm
Biblehub.com shows that the word chodesh is normally translated as the word month, see http://biblehub.com/hebrew/2320.htm . In fact in Genesis 8:5 below, the word chodesh is reflected as the word month. Below are verses from three different books reflecting the same event and they all should be reflected as the first day of the month.
Genesis 8:5 The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
See: http://biblehub.com/lexicon/genesis/8-5.htm
Septuagint version of Genesis 8:4 And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month. And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountain were seen.
Jubilees 5:30 And on the new moon [beginning] of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.
Then the Book of Jubilees goes on to explain, why the first days of the month that begin each quarter are special days of remembrance. Plus it tells us that each quarter has 13 weeks and each year has 52 weeks. 13 times 4 equals 52 weeks in a year.
Jubilees 6:25 And on the new moon [beginning] of the first month he was bidden to make for himself an ark, and on that (day) the earth became dry and he opened 26 (the ark) and saw the earth. And on the new moon [beginning] of the fourth month the mouths of the depths of the abyss beneath were closed. And on the new moon [beginning] of the seventh month all the mouths of 27 the abysses of the earth were opened, and the waters began to descend into them. And on the new moon [beginning] of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen, and Noah was glad. And on this account he ordained them for himself as feasts for a memorial for ever, and thus are they ordained. 29 And they placed them on the heavenly tablets, each had thirteen weeks; from one to another (passed) their memorial, from the first to the second, and from the second to the third, and from the 30 third to the fourth. And all the days of the commandment will be two and fifty weeks of days, and (these will make) the entire year complete. Thus it is engraven and ordained on the heavenly 31 tablets. And there is no neglecting (this commandment) for a single year or from year to year. 32 And command thou the children of Israel that they observe the years according to this reckoning- three hundred and sixty-four days, and (these) will constitute a complete year, and they will not disturb its time from its days and from its feasts;
Here is a table reflecting the four quarters or seasons of each solar year in the Jubilees calendar:
Enoch’s Calendar
The Book of Jubilees calendar is just like the calendar described in the Book of Enoch, chapter 82.
4 Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk In the way of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four which are intercalated which divide the four portions of the year, which lead them and enter with them four days.
Enoch goes on to tell that the solar year is divided into four quarters of 91 days each. 91 days divided by 7 days in a week equals 13 weeks for each quarter as the Book of Jubilees states. Reflected below are the four quarters or seasons of the year described by Enoch:
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