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Ezekiel 24:1

וַיְהִי֩
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) דְבַר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause יְהוָ֨ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God אֵלַ֜י
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה
shâneh
in/with/by — a year (as a revolution of time) הַתְּשִׁיעִית֙
tᵉshîyʻîy
the — ninth בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ
chôdesh
in/with/by — the new moon; by implication, a month הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י
ʻăsîyrîy
the — tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part בֶּעָשׂ֥וֹר
ʻâsôwr
in/with/by — ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ
chôdesh
to/for — the new moon; by implication, a month לֵאמֹֽר
ʼâmar
to/for — to say (used with great latitude)
Ezekiel 24:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Cross-Book Pattern
Word-for-word identical to Jeremiah 52:4's own dating of the siege's start - Ezekiel in Babylon names the exact day, later confirmed as hist…the ninth year [of King Jehoiachin’s captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon], in the tenth month, on the tenth [day]
Cross-Book Pattern
Word-for-word identical to Jeremiah 52:4's own dating of the siege's start - Ezekiel in Babylon names the exact day, later confirmed as hist… of the month,
Cross-Book Pattern
Word-for-word identical to Jeremiah 52:4's own dating of the siege's start - Ezekiel in Babylon names the exact day, later confirmed as hist… the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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▦Ezekiel 24:1New

This closes the entire ch.12-24 judgment-on-Israel section on the exact day the siege actually began, anchoring years of allegory and warning to one dated, historical moment.

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Jeremiah's own identical date formula for the siege's beginning - Ezekiel, far away in Babylon, records the same day the historical account independently confirms.

Ezekiel 24:1 · WEB

Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 52:4 · WEB

In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Again in the ninth year [of King Jehoiachin’s captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon], in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,”
Ezekiel 24:1
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