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Ezekiel 20

Ezek. 20:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass in the seventh
shbiy`iy (Hebrew #7637)
ordinal from 7657; seventh
KJV usage: seventh (time).
Pronounce: sheb-ee-ee'
Origin: or shbi iy {sheb-ee-ee'}
year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
, in the fifth
chamiyshiy (Hebrew #2549)
ord. from 2568; fifth; also a fifth
KJV usage: fifth (part).
Pronounce: kham-ee-shee'
Origin: or chamishshiy {kham-ish-shee'}
month, the tenth
`asowr (Hebrew #6218)
from 6235; ten; by abbrev. ten strings, and so a decachord
KJV usage: (instrument of) ten (strings, -th).
Pronounce: aw-sore'
Origin: or masor {aw-sore'}
day of the month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
, that certain
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of thed elders
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to inquire
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and sat
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
me.
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Ezek. 8:1• 1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. (Ezek. 8:1)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel.
4-9:  He shews the story of their rebellions in Egypt,
10-26:  in the wilderness,
27-32:  and in the land.
33-44:  He promises to gather them by the Gospel.
45-49:  Under the name of a forest he shews the destruction of Jerusalem.
A.M. 3411.
B.C. 593.
in the seventh.The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to Usher, Monday, Aug. 27, 3411.
Ezek. 1:2• 2On the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, (Ezek. 1:2)
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Ezek. 8:1• 1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. (Ezek. 8:1)
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Ezek. 24:1• 1Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, (Ezek. 24:1)
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Ezek. 26:1• 1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, (Ezek. 26:1)
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Ezek. 29:1,17• 1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
 17And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, (Ezek. 29:1,17)
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Ezek. 30:20• 20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, (Ezek. 30:20)
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Ezek. 31:1• 1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, (Ezek. 31:1)
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Ezek. 32:1• 1And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me saying, (Ezek. 32:1)
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Ezek. 40:1• 1In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the self-same day the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and brought me thither. (Ezek. 40:1)
that certain.
Ezek. 14:1‑3• 1Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
 2And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
 3Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? (Ezek. 14:1‑3)
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Ezek. 33:30‑33• 30Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.
 31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
 32And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
 33And when this cometh to pass (lo, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. (Ezek. 33:30‑33)
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1 Kings 14:2‑6• 2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
 3{i}And take with thee ten loaves, and cakes, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he will tell thee what shall become of the lad.{/i}
 4{i}And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. And Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.{/i}
 5And Jehovah said unto Ahijah, Behold the wife of Jeroboam cometh {i}to ask a thing of thee about her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign to be another{/i}.
 6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? For I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. (1 Kings 14:2‑6)
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1 Kings 22:15‑28• 15{i}And he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he said to him, Go up, and prosper; for Jehovah will give it into the hand of the king.{/i}
 16{i}And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?{/i}
 17{i}And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And Jehovah said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.{/i}
 18{i}And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil?{/i}
 19{i}And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;{/i}
 20{i}and Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And one said after this manner, and another said after that manner.{/i}
 21{i}And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.{/i}
 22{i}And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and also succeed: go forth, and do so.{/i}
 23{i}And now, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee.{/i}
 24{i}Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?{/i}
 25{i}And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.{/i}
 26{i}And the king of Israel said, Take Micah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;{/i}
 27{i}and thou shalt say, Thus says the king: Put this man in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.{/i}
 28{i}And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you!{/i} (1 Kings 22:15‑28)
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2 Kings 3:13• 13{i}And Elisha said to the king of Israel{/i}, What have I to do with thee? Get thee to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab. (2 Kings 3:13)
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Isa. 29:13• 13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men: (Isa. 29:13)
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Isa. 58:2• 2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God. (Isa. 58:2)
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Jer. 37:17• 17then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. (Jer. 37:17)
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Matt. 22:16• 16{i}And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for anyone, for thou regardest not men's person;{/i} (Matt. 22:16)
and sat.
Ezek. 8:1• 1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. (Ezek. 8:1)
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Luke 2:46• 46And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them, and asking them questions. (Luke 2:46)
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Luke 8:35• 35{i}And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the{/i} man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. (Luke 8:35)
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Luke 10:39• 39And she had a sister called Mary, who also, having sat down at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word. (Luke 10:39)
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Acts 22:3• 3I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to strictness of the law of the fathers, being zealous for God even as all ye are this day. (Acts 22:3)
• The new division opens with a full and solemn exposure of Israel's sin, not merely in the light of Jehovah's present estimate but of His ways with them in the past and in the future. Indeed we never adequately judge our actual condition unless we are thus subject to the mind and purpose of God. (“Notes on Ezekiel 20:1-44” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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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.