Their rules touching Politick translation, stood thus.[351] First, that neither their New-years-day, which was the first of the month Tisri, neither their Feast of Tabernacles, which was the fifteenth day of the same month, should be celebrated on Adu, that is on Sunday, or Wednesday, or Friday. Not on Sunday, or Friday, because then the weekly Sabbath must needs concur with it, either going immediately before, or following after: not on Wednesday, because then the Feast of expiation, which is the tenth of that month, would fall on Friday the day going immediately before their weekly Sabbath. This instance is only concerning the first of Tisri, which is called the Feast of Trumpets: but it holdeth also, by way of consequence, in the fifteenth day, which is the Feast of Tabernacles, because the fifteenth must always necessarily be of the same day of the week that the first is. Therefore if the first be not Adu, the fifteenth cannot be Adu.
[351] Adu.
The second rule was,[352] that the Passover should not be observed on Badu; that is on Munday, Wednesday, or Friday.
[352] Badu.
The third rule is,[353] that Pentecost was not observed on Gahaz; that is, on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday.
[353] Gahaz.
The fourth rule is,[354] that the Feast of Purim, or casting lots, was not observed on Zabad, that is, on Munday, Wednesday, or Saturday.
[354] Zabad.
The fifth rule is,[355] that the Feast of expiation was not observed on Agu; that is, on Sunday, Tuesday, or Friday.
[355] Agu.