Genesis 3:24

So he drove out the man. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.

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In The King James Version

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

In Context

23therefore LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from where he was taken.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:8And LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Exodus 25:18And thou shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shall thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

Joshua 5:13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are thou for us, or for

1 Kings 6:25And the other cherub was ten cubits; both of the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

Psalms 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit [above] the cherubim, shine forth.

Psalms 104:4who makes his [heavenly] agents spirits, his ministers a flame of fire,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:23-24

Adam and Eve Expelled from Eden. ( b. c. 4004.) 22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.… Read the whole commentary →

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