Ezekiel 1:1

NOW IT came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

In Context

2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

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Cross References

Genesis 46:2And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said: 'Here am I.'

Numbers 4:3from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do work in the tent of meeting.

Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 1:1THE VISION of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Jeremiah 29:15For ye have said: 'The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.'

Ezekiel 3:15Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I remained there appalled among them seven days.

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