Ezekiel 20:1

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.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 8:1 shares the same scene: elders sitting before Ezekiel with a date formula, marking another divine inquiry.

Ezekiel 14:1-3 describes the exact same setting: elders come and sit, and God exposes their hidden idolatry — directly parallel.

Ezekiel 2:3 calls Israel rebels who have transgressed — this characterization directly explains why God rebukes the elders' inquiry there.

Ezekiel 7:26 says they seek a vision from the prophet but get none — mirroring the elders coming to inquire and being refused.

Ezekiel 8:12 exposes the elders' secret idolatry and belief that God does not see — contrasting with their outward inquiry.

Ezekiel 33:31 describes people coming to Ezekiel but not obeying — a parallel to the elders' superficial inquiry.