often came to consult with him (8:1; 14:1; 20:1). It may be that his home was open to any of the exiles who wanted spiritual help. E. CALL AND COMMISSION Five years after his arrival in the strange land of Babylon, Ezekiel received his call to the prophetic office, to minister to the exiles in Babylonia.3 What he experienced and heard in this call is recorded in the first three chapters of his book. Twenty-two years later (see 29:17), when Ezekiel was around fifty-two years old, he was still prophesying
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