Ezekiel 40:1
in Ezekiel 40In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In the first and twentieth year - This was the fiftieth year from the 18th of Josiah, the year of his memorable Passover 2Ki 23:22. See the Eze 1:1 note. If that was a jubilee year, which is highly probable, this vision also falls in a jubilee year, which seems appropriate. The jubilee year began with the month of Tisri, a sufficient reason for speaking of the time as “the beginning of the year.” The tenth day of this month was the day of atonement Lev 16:29-30.
This site's exposition
the hand of the Lord was upon me
on Ezekiel 40:1-4
The date fixes the vision to the twenty-fifth year of the captivity, the fourteenth after Jerusalem fell, a precision the book has kept since its opening verse and which several of the older commentators read as landing on a Jubilee year by their reckoning, a year of release given to the exile as a vision of return. The guide who meets the prophet on the high mountain carries a measuring reed and a line of flax, his appearance like brass, the same visitor language the book has used for heavenly figures before. The purpose is stated before a single measurement is taken, declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel: whatever the architecture means, it is first addressed to exiles who have lost their temple, a framing the commentators keep in view across all nine chapters. The site receives the vision as the premillennial writers and the early church did, a real temple in a restored land whose measurements mean what measurements mean, and the reading that dissolves nine chapters of architecture into figure is answered by the chapters themselves.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of our captivity - Of those that were carried away into captivity with Jeconiah eleven years before Jerusalem was burnt. And this falls in with the three thousand three hundred and seventy fourth year of the world, about five hundred and seventy four years before Christ's incarnation.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
on Rosh Hashanah, on the tenth of the month What “year” is it whose Rosh Hashanah falls on the tenth of the month? The answer is that this is the Jubilee year.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים | beesrim | in twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְחָמֵ֣שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| שָׁנָ֣ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְ֠גָלוּתֵנוּ | legalutenu | of exile our | H1546 → | 15 times |
| בְּרֹ֨אשׁ | berosh | at [the] beginning of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הַשָּׁנָ֜ה | hashanah | the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר | beasor | on the ten | H6218 → | 16 times |
| לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| בְּאַרְבַּ֤ע | bearba' | in four- | H702 → | 318 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵה֙ | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אַחַ֕ר | ʾachar | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֻכְּתָ֖ה | huketah | it was struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| הָעִ֑יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| בְּעֶ֣צֶם׀ | beetzem | on [the] substance of | H6106 → | 126 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֗ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הָיְתָ֤ה | hayetah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עָלַי֙ | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יַד־ | yad- | [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיָּבֵ֥א | vaiyave' | and he brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֹתִ֖י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָֽׁמָּה׃ | shamah | there towards | H8033 → | 834 times |
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣יםin twenty
beesrimH6242 →315 times
וְחָמֵ֣שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
שָׁנָ֣הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
לְ֠גָלוּתֵנוּof exile our
legalutenuH1546 →15 times
בְּרֹ֨אשׁat [the] beginning of
beroshH7218 →599 times
הַשָּׁנָ֜הthe year
hashanahH8141 →877 times
בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרon the ten
beasorH6218 →16 times
לַחֹ֗דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
בְּאַרְבַּ֤עin four-
bearba'H702 →318 times
עֶשְׂרֵה֙teen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
אַחַ֕רafter
ʾacharH310 →715 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֻכְּתָ֖הit was struck down
huketahH5221 →499 times
הָעִ֑ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
בְּעֶ֣צֶם׀on [the] substance of
beetzemH6106 →126 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֗ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
הָיְתָ֤הit was
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
עָלַי֙on me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
יַד־[the] hand of
yad-H3027 →1618 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיָּבֵ֥אand he brought
vaiyave'H935 →2568 times
אֹתִ֖י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
שָֽׁמָּה׃there towards
shamahH8033 →834 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 33:21In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 1:2
On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 1:2
Through
Ezekiel 3:22And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
it leads to
- Acts 9:6
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Ezekiel 1:3
the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
- Ezekiel 37:1
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- Ezekiel 8:4
And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
- Acts 9:6
Through
Ezekiel 32:17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 32:1
In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 33:21
In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 32:1
Through
Ezekiel 32:1In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 31:1
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 31:1
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.