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Ezekiel 1:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's first-person vision report states or reports “In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity” at Ezekiel 1:2 as a specific part of “The Dated Word Comes among the Exiles.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 1:1–3
Read Ezekiel 1:2 with 1:1–3. By itself, “In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The first-person superscription locates Ezekiel among the exiles by the river Chebar, dates the vision by Jehoiachin's captivity, names him priest and son of Buzi, and reports the LORD's hand upon him.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Ezekiel 1:1–3: Ezekiel's first-person vision report states or reports “In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity” at Ezekiel 1:2 as a specific part of “The Dated Word Comes among the Exiles.” Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 1:1–3 — The Dated Word Comes among the ExilesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 1:1–3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 1:1–3
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