Setting the Scene: Ezekiel's Call
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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourthmonth, in the fifthdayof the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
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In the fifthdayof the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
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the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.
Bible text: American Standard Version (1901) · Public domain