Ezekiel 20:1 meaning and explanation
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.
Ezekiel 20:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezekiel is a prophet among the exiles in Babylon, and this verse dates the scene precisely, in the seventh year of King Jehoiachin's exile. Some elders of Israel, community leaders rather than priests, come to Ezekiel to inquire of the LORD, meaning they want a word from God, perhaps about the future of Jerusalem or their own situation.
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