Ezekiel 1

Ezekiel 1

Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew.
Book Book of Ezekiel
Bible part Old Testament
Order in the Bible part 26
Category Nevi'im

Ezekiel 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Ezekiel, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[1] In the New King James Version, this chapter is sub-titled "Ezekiel’s Vision of God".[2]

Text

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

Verse 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 of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.[6]

Verse 2

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,[8]

Verse 3

The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar;
and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.[9]

Verse 5

Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures.
And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.[12]

Verse 26

And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne,
as the appearance of a sapphire stone:
and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. (KJV)[14]

Verse 28

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain,
so was the appearance of the brightness round about.
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
And when I saw it, I fell upon my face,
and I heard a voice of one that spake.[17]


See also

Notes and references

  1. Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
  2. Ezekiel 1:1-28: NKJV
  3. Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. Ulrich 2010, p. 584-585.
  5. Ulrich 2010, p. 584.
  6. Ezekiel 1:1, King James Version
  7. 1 2 Rashi's commentary on Ezekiel 1:1-2.
  8. Ezekiel 1:2
  9. Ezekiel 1:3
  10. Brown, 1994 & "הָיָה".
  11. Gesenius, 1979 & "הָיָה".
  12. Ezekiel 1:5
  13. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1182-1184 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
  14. Ezekiel 1:26
  15. Brown, 1994 & "סַפִּיר".
  16. Gesenius, 1979 & "סַפִּיר".
  17. Ezekiel 1:28

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