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TABLE 4a. The 427-year and 251-year Patterns to the Temple (3957 - 968 BC) Page 3

Fall of Babel

Joseph’s

Exodus

Adam

2200 BC

birth

1447 BC

3957 BC. 1757 yrs.

Masoreh Text

Abram’s
birth

Temple

251

2510 yrs.
(251 x 10)

2761 yrs.

(251 x 11)

2989
-2761

Masoreh Text

228 yrs.

1255 yrs.

1656 yrs. (1708 – 52)

+ 401 yrs.

427 yrs.

479 yrs.
(427 + 52)

2989 yrs.
(427 x 7)

Adam

Flood

Abraham

Exodus

Temple

61 Jubilees

3957 BC. 2301 BC

Age 75

1447 BC

1874 BC

Founded
968 BC

If one view from Adam to the temple has 2761 years (251 x 11), and a second version has 2989 years (427 x 7), these two views would differ by 228 years. This is the same difference as between 479 and 251. This helps explain how the priests and rabbis, in 132 AD, reduced the Persian period 166 years and subtracted 62 years between Adam and the exodus from Egypt. (166 + 62 = 228).

If sabbaticals began with Adam in 3957 BC, there would be a sabbatical in 1757 years (251 x 7) at the fall of Babel, and one in 2989 years (427 x 7) at the founding of the temple in 968 BC.

However, if sabbaticals began when Joshua crossed the Jordan river into Canaan as instructed by Moses (Leviticus 25:2), then a sabbatical would be 441 years later, in 966 BC. The Samaritans also began counting when Joshua crossed the Jordan.

1407 BC (40 years after the exodus) would align with a sabbatical 441 (7 x 63) (49 x 9) years later, in 966 BC, even though the temple was founded 439 years after 1407 (I Kings 6:1), and sabbaticals likely followed in 588 (at the fall of Jerusalem, Jer 34) and 539 BC (at the fall of Babylon). In contrast, the Rabbinic view says Jerusalem fell in 422 BC, 166 years after 588, that is, 490 years before 70 AD, at the end of sabbatical years (Dan 9:25).

TABLE 4b. Fourth Way to Interpret the Judges
The Original 427-year Pattern from Adam to the Fall of Babylon

Adam

Flood

Abraham

Exodus

Temple

Age 75

Founded

427 yrs.

427 yrs.
(1656 + 52)
(1307 + 401)

427 yrs.

427 yrs.
479 - 52

If there were a continuous 427-year cycle, as in TABLES 4b & 4c, between Adam, the flood, Abraham’s calling, exodus and the temple, then a sabbatical would be counted from 3957 BC and would repeat in 2249, 1822, 1395 and 968 BC respectively. This aligns with sabbaticals in BC 968 (1^st temple) and 520 (2^nd temple).