Ezekiel 20:1

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, about in the middle of the first period of Ezekiel's prophetic activity, that certain of the elders of Israel, who were their spiritual leaders also in the captivity, came to enquire of the Lord, as on a former occasion, seeking a special revelation, very likely concerning the speedy termination of their captivity, and sat before me, according to the custom of such delegations.