Genesis 3:24
indeed, He casts out the man, and causes the cherubim to dwell at the east of the Garden of Eden with the sword of flame whirling around to guard the way of the Tree of Life.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
23YHWH God sends him forth from the Garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he has been taken;
Cross References
Genesis 2:8And YHWH God plants a garden in Eden, at the east, and He sets there the man whom He has formed;
Exodus 25:18and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;
Joshua 5:13And it comes to pass in Joshua’s being by Jericho, that he lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, [there is] one standing in front of him, and his drawn sword [is] in his hand, and Joshua goes to him, and says to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”
1 Kings 6:25and the second cherub [is] ten by the cubit; one measure and one form [are] of the two cherubim,
Psalms 80:1TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] TO “LILIES OF TESTIMONY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, || Leading Joseph as a flock, || Inhabiting the cherubim—shine forth,
Psalms 104:4Making His messengers—the winds, || His ministers—the flaming 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 →