Ezekiel 10:20

This is the living being which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and it was clear to me that they were the winged ones.

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In The King James Version

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.

In Context

19And the winged ones, lifting up their wings, went up from the earth before my eyes, with the wheels by their side: and they came to rest at the east doorway of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.

21Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:29And all the walls of the house inside and out were ornamented with forms of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers.

Ezekiel 1:1Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:22And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.

Ezekiel 10:15And the winged ones went up on high: this is the living being which I saw by the river Chebar.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:9-22

The Vision of the Divine Glory. ( b. c. 593.) 8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to… Read the whole commentary →

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