Ezekiel 1:20

Wherever the spirit was to go they went; and the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

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In The King James Version

Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

In Context

19And when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

21When these went on, the others went; and when these came to rest, the others came to rest; and when these were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 10:17When they were at rest in their place, these were at rest; when they were lifted up, these went up with them: for the spirit of life was in them.

1 Corinthians 14:32And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets;

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:16-26

The Vision of the Wheels. ( b. c. 595.) 15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and… Read the whole commentary →

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