*Ezek 1:1 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.

*Ezek 1:1 Or in the thirtieth year.

*Ezek 1:3 Or Chaldeans.

*Ezek 1:4 Or like burnished metal; also in 1:27.

*Ezek 1:24 Hebrew Shaddai.