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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.
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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).
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sn This type of image is explicitly prohibited in the Mosaic law (Lev 26:1).
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tn Or “exactly twenty-five.”
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sn The worship of astral entities may have begun during the reign of Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:5).
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