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Ezekiel 20:1

In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

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ASV

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.

KJV

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֣י׀vay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
בַּשָּׁנָ֣הba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141 →
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יתha.she.vi.'It<the> seventhH7637 →
בַּֽחֲמִשִׁי֙ba.cha.mi.Shiin the fifth [month]H2549 →
בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרbe.'a.Soron the tenH6218 →
לַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the monthH2320 →
בָּ֧אוּBa.'uthey cameH935 →
אֲנָשִׁ֛ים'a.na.ShimmenH582 →
מִזִּקְנֵ֥יmi.zik.Neifrom [the] elders ofH2205 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לִדְרֹ֣שׁlid.Roshto consultH1875 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they sat downH3427 →
לְפָנָֽי׃ סle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440 →

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Ezekiel 8:1In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.2 Kings 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”Ezekiel 14:1Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.Ezekiel 30:20In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.Ezekiel 24:1In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Ezekiel 29:1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Ezekiel 29:17In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Ezekiel 31:1In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Ezekiel 32:1In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Ezekiel 26:1In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Ezekiel 33:30–33As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’1 Kings 22:15–28When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”Ezekiel 14:1–3Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”Luke 2:46Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.Ezekiel 1:2On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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