Lux Domini

Ezekiel  40:1

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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Interpretation

This verse speaks in the wider setting of glory of God and judgment as Ezekiel unfolds its message.

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This thought runs through Ezekiel 40:1-4.

Ezekiel 40:1 Ezekiel 40:2 Ezekiel 40:3 Ezekiel 40:4

Glossary

City People
The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).
Jerusalem Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.