Ezekiel 10:20

This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel beside the river Chebar. And I understood that they were cherubim.

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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 cherubim, lifting up their wings, were raised up from the earth in my sight. And as they went away, the wheels also followed. And it stood at the entrance to the east gate of the house of the Lord. And the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

21Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings. And the likeness of the hand of a man was under their wings.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:29And all the walls of the temple all around he engraved with diverse carvings and turnings. And he made in them cherubim, and palm trees, and various images, as if these were projecting out, and going forth from, the wall.

Ezekiel 1:1And it happened that, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives beside the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:22And above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of a firmament: similar to crystal, but dreadful to behold, and extending over their heads from above.

Ezekiel 10:15And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature, which I had seen beside 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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