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To answer the question, one must understand about the Jewish coming of age rituals of "Bar Mitzvah" [for boys] and "Bat Mitzvah" [for girls]. [ "Bar" means "son" while "bat" means "daughter" in Hebrew, and "mitzvah" means "commandment" or "law" . ]

According to Jewish law, when Jewish boys become 13 years old, they officially become accountable for their actions and become a bar mitzvah, while a girl becomes a bat mitzvah at the age of 12 .

This ceremony was usually held on the first Sabbath after a boy's thirteenth birthday and a girl's twelfth birthday. After this age, the boys and girls officially bore their own responsibility for all areas of Jewish community life. These ages roughly coincide with physical puberty.

In The Bible the Day of Atonement was kept on the tenth day of Tisri, that is, from the evening of the ninth to the evening of the tenth of that month, five days before the Feast of Tabernacles. "Tisri" corresponds to our September-October, so that the 10th of Tisri would be about the first of October. Males were required to fast from the age of thirteen, while females fast from the age of twelve.

After their 12th birthday girls were considered to be able to differentiate between right and wrong and hence can be held accountable for their actions. This included marriage. For example, it is believed by some that Mary (the mother of Jesus) was pregnant with Jesus when she was 13 and gave birth to Jesus when she was 14.

In conclusion, In the Bible did girls become women at their 12th birthday.

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