Evidence of the Biblical Calendar

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Abib Report: Tuesday March 13, 2018

Hi Folks, Difficult flight for me with luggage still flying around somewhere with clothes, camera, charging cords etc. We got an early start this morning heading to the locations of our traditionally early fields in the Western Negev. We started seeing fields of domestic grain rapidly turning color on Route 3 as we approached Rt. 232. Many of you are aware that this area usually leads the pack for early maturing. Hopefully pictures will load and send out in our cobbled setup. At this location we did find the red strain wild barley that was physiologically mature. If given a few days to dry in the sun as a cut sheaf it would easily meet the Leviticus 2:14 minimum requirements. We found several other locations reflecting the same maturity all the way down to the Be’eri/Re’im area. All of these areas held wild, as well as domestic barley, which will be ready for a wavesheaf offering of the first of the firstfruits before the end of March on their own. Nothing we inspected in our stops in the Western Negev today was less than 6.9 on the Zadok Scale. There were a lot of samples in the 8.3 to 8.5 stages. In every instance the crew was able to witness the superior maturing qualities of the red strain of wild barley. The wild barley in the Judean Hills is less mature as is to be expected with the elevations compared to the Western Negev. We saw lambs mixed in with most flocks of sheep and goats. We also had a beautiful display of the White Storks antics as they migrated north near Kiryat Gat of all places. The traditionally early vineyards were well leafed out in most cases. Fig trees are leafing out with fruit and leaves. Tomorrow we will be heading north up the Jordon Valley to the Jezreel Valley and possibly the Coastal Plain are north of Tel Aviv. Have no way to load pictures at this time so they will follow. Brian, Sandra, Becca, Brenda, Tim, and Chance

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Starting tomorrow I will be in Jerusalem as a home base for the barley inspections. There will be no more news posted to the group until I return home. You can expect updates on the inspection process as that information is released.

Please pray for my husbands health while I am away. Unfortunately I am leaving him with inguinal hernias causing him limited activity. 🙁

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