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# it came about
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This phrase marks an important event in the story.
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# in the twenty-seventh year
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"in the twenty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin". This was after King Jehoiachin and the people of Judah were taken as exiles to Babylon.
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# on the first of the first month
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"on the first day of the first month." This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The first day is near the beginning of April.
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# the word of Yahweh came
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"Yahweh spoke this message". This introduces something that God told his prophets or his people. See Ezekiel 3:16. |