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The Hebrew Bible uses “new moon” (חֹדֶשׁ chodesh) both for the literal new month and for the festival sacrifices. Here are the key references:

· Numbers 10:10 – Trumpets are blown on days of gladness, feasts, and new moons. · Numbers 28:11–15 – Prescriptions for offerings on the new moon. · 1 Samuel 20:5, 18, 24 – Saul and David observe a new moon feast. · 2 Kings 4:23 – The Shunammite woman’s husband asks why she is going to Elisha: “It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” · 1 Chronicles 23:31 – Sacrifices on Sabbaths, new moons, and appointed feasts. · 2 Chronicles 2:4; 8:13; 31:3 – Offerings on Sabbaths, new moons, and festivals. · Ezra 3:5 – Burnt offerings of the new moons. · Nehemiah 10:33 – Obligations for new moon offerings. · Psalm 81:3 – “Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.” · Isaiah 1:13–14 – God rejects empty rituals of new moon feasts. · Isaiah 66:23 – All flesh will worship from one new moon to another. · Ezekiel 45:17; 46:1, 3, 6 – Sacrifices on Sabbaths and new moons. · Hosea 2:11 – God will end Israel’s celebrations of Sabbaths and new moons. · Amos 8:5 – Merchants impatient for the new moon and Sabbath to pass. · Colossians 2:16 – Paul says not to let anyone judge you regarding Sabbaths, new moons, or feasts.