Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me. Treasury of Scripture certain Ezekiel 8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house... Ezekiel 20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month... 2 Kings 6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him... Acts 4:5,8 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes... and sat Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them... Isaiah 29:13 Why the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me... Luke 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. Acts 22:3 I am truly a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel...
Context Idolatrous Elders Condemned
1Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me. 2And the word of the LORD came to 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? 4Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that comes according to the multitude of his idols; 5That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. 6Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojournes in Israel, which separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the middle of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 9And if the prophet be deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the middle of my people Israel. 10And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeks to him; 11That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, said the Lord GOD. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sat before me.
Darby Bible Translation
And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
King James Bible
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Young's Literal Translation
And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.
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