¹ In the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

¹⁷ And thou, O son of man, saith the Lord God, say to every fowl, and to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field: Assemble yourselves, make haste, come together from every side to my victim, which I slay for you, a great victim upon the mountains of Israel: to eat flesh, and drink blood.