shevat — eleventh month

Genesis 49:10 — “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet; So that tribute shall come to him And the homage of peoples be his.”

Exodus 21:20 — “When someone strikes their slave, male or female, with a rod, who dies there and then, this must be avenged.”

Exodus 28:21 — “The stones shall correspond [in number] to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, corresponding to their names. They shall be engraved like seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes.”

Exodus 39:14 — “The stones corresponded [in number] to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, corresponding to their names; engraved like seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes.”

Leviticus 27:32 — “All tithes of the herd or flock—of all that passes under the shepherd’s staff, every tenth one—shall be holy to GOD.”