Yehezkiel 1:2

1:2 (On the fifth day of the month – it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile –

Yehezkiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ²  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ³ 

Yehezkiel 29:17

29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, ⁴  the word of the Lord came to me:

Yehezkiel 32:1

Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt

32:1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, ⁵  the word of the Lord came to me:

Yehezkiel 32:17

32:17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, ⁶  the word of the Lord came to me:

[8:1]  ¹ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

[8:1]  sn In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month would be September 17, 592 b.c., about fourteen months after the initial vision.

[8:1]  ² tn Or “power.”

[8:1]  sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

[29:17]  ⁴ sn April 26, 571 b.c.

[32:1]  ⁵ sn This would be March 3, 585 b.c.

[32:17]  ⁶ tn March 17, 585 b.c. The LXX adds “first month.”