Ezekiel 10:17

When they were standing, these stood still. And when they were lifted up, these were lifted up. For the spirit of life was in them.

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In The King James Version

When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

In Context

16And when the cherubim advanced, the wheels also went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings in order to be raised up from the earth, the wheels did not remain behind, but they also were beside them.

18And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple, and stood above the cherubim.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:12And each one of them advanced before his face. Wherever the impetus of the spirit was to go, there they went. And they did not turn as they advanced.

Ezekiel 1:21When going forth, they went forth, and when standing still, they stood still. And when they were lifted up from the earth, the wheels, too, were lifted up together, so as to follow them. For the spirit of life was in the wheels.

Revelation 11:11And after three and one half days, the spirit of life from God entered into them. And they stood upright on their feet. And a great fear fell over those who saw them.

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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