Ezekiel 1:1

Overview - Ezekiel 1
The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.
His vision of four cherubims;
15 of the four wheels;
26 and of the glory of God.
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Ezekiel 1:1  (King James Version)
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.
 


in the thirtieth
Numbers 4:3 ; Luke 3:23

as I
Ecclesiastes 9:1 Ecclesiastes 9:2 ; Jeremiah 24:5-7

captives
Hebrew captivity. by the river.
3 ; Ezekiel 3:15 Ezekiel 3:23 Ezekiel 10:15 Ezekiel 10:20 Ezekiel 10:22 43:3

Chebar
Chebar, called now Khabour, is a river of Mesopotamia, which taking its rise in the Mysian mountains, falls into the Euphrates near Carchemish, or Circesioum, now Karkisia, about 35 degrees 20' N
lat. and 40 degrees 25' E. long.

the heavens
Matthew 3:16 ; Luke 3:21 ; John 1:51 ; Acts 7:56 ; 10:11 Revelation 4:1 ; 19:11

I saw
8:3 11:24 Genesis 15:1 ; 46:2 Numbers 12:6 ; Isaiah 1:1 ; Daniel 8:1 Daniel 8:2 ; Hosea 12:10
Joel 2:28 ; Matthew 17:9 ; Acts 9:10-12 ; 10:3 2 Corinthians 12:1