What Happen in the Month of Sivan in the Bible?

1       – Rosh Chodesh; On this day, Ezekiel received a prophecy against Egypt – Ezekiel 31:1-18

8   – Shavuot – *Biblically

15 –  On this day the Israelites arrived in the Desert of Sinai – Exodus 19:1; 12:6-13; 29-31

23 –  On this day Mordecai’s decree allowing the Jews to defend themselves was written – Esther 8:9

27 –  On this day the rain that caused the Flood ended – Genesis 7:11-12

Shavuot

Traditionally Erev Shavuot falls on the 5^th of Sivan. Therefore the 6^th of Sivan, traditionally is Shavuot. This date is based on the rabbinical custom of counting 50 days from Nisan 16. Thus the diaspora date is the 7^th of Sivan.

*Biblically the Scriptural teaching is to count fifty days from the Sunday in the middle of Chag Matzot week – Leviticus 23:11-16. So the Annual Shabbat for Shavuot falls on the 8^th of Sivan