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River Chebar

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Named at Ezekiel 1:1 and 1:3. 1:1 says, “Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God”, and 1:3, “the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.”

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EZK 1:1–3, engwebp
¹Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
²In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
³the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.
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EZK 3:12–15, engwebp
¹²Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be the LORD’s glory from his place.”
¹³I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
¹⁴So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the LORD’s hand was strong on me.
¹⁵Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv who lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
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EZK 3:22–27, engwebp
²²The LORD’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”
²³Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, the LORD’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.
²⁴Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
²⁵But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.
²⁶I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them, for they are a rebellious house.
²⁷But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”
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EZK 10:9–17, engwebp
⁹I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
¹⁰As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.
¹¹When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went.
¹²Their whole body, including their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.
¹³As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
¹⁴Every one of them had four faces. The first face was the face of the cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle.
¹⁵The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
¹⁶When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.
¹⁷When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
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EZK 10:18–22, engwebp
¹⁸The LORD’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
¹⁹The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, with the wheels beside them. Then they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
²⁰This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
²¹Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
²²As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They each went straight forward.
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EZK 43:1–5, engwebp
¹Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east.
²Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
³It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
⁴The LORD’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east.
⁵The Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the LORD’s glory filled the house.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Chebar” by name and 8 shared verses. The leading identification is Shatt en Nil (confidence 696 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.

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Shatt en Nil
OpenBible.info confidence 696 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.12694, 45.23083
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Chebar” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (1) — The LORD’s word that came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the river Chebar

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Entry: River Chebar (place-chebar)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/chebar
Current wording: Named at Ezekiel 1:1 and 1:3. 1:1 says, “Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God”, and 1:3, “the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.”
Cited evidence: EZK 1:1–3, engwebp / EZK 3:12–15, engwebp / EZK 3:22–27, engwebp / EZK 10:9–17, engwebp / EZK 10:18–22, engwebp / EZK 43:1–5, engwebp
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