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Ezekiel 40:1 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Ezekiel 40:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 40 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The New Temple
“In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.”
Ezekiel 40:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 40:1
This verse precisely dates Ezekiel's temple vision to 573 BC, the 25th year of exile and 14th year after Jerusalem's fall. The phrase 'the hand of the LORD was upon me' (yad-YHWH, יַד־יְהוָה) indicates divine compulsion and prophetic inspiration—this is not human imagination but God's sovereign revelation. The temporal precision underscores the historical reality of God's dealings with His people. Coming 14 years after the temple's destruction, this vision provided hope during the darkest period of exile. The vision's timing (beginning of the year, likely Nisan) may connect to Passover themes ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezekiel 40:1
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“in the tenth [month]”
“and took me away; and I went in bitterness”
“Arise”
“which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity”
“and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh”
“in the twelfth month”
“in the fifteenth [day] of the month”
“in the sixth [month]”
“in the tenth month”
“in the first [month]”