17 Bible Verses About the New Year

The Bible’s year begins with the exodus. Before the first Passover, God told Moses and Aaron that the month of Israel’s departure from Egypt would be “the first month of the year for you” (Exodus 12:2). Deuteronomy 11:12 says God watches the promised land “from the beginning of the year to the end of the year,” and Psalm 65:11 says he crowns the year with a harvest. For the start of a calendar year, the passages that apply most directly…