Ezekiel 1:1-2

New Living Translation

Footnotes

1. 1:1a Hebrew On the fifth day of the fourth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of dates in Ezekiel can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This event occurred on July 31, 593 B.c.
2. 1:1b Or in the thirtieth year.