Genesis 3:24

So God drove the man out of the garden, and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword that turned every way, in order to guard the way to the tree of life.

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So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

In Context

23Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:8Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Exodus 25:18You must make two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.

Joshua 5:13When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

1 Kings 6:25The other cherub also had a wingspan ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of the same dimensions and shape.

Psalms 80:1Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel, 1 you who lead Joseph like a flock; 1 you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us! 1

Psalms 104:4He makes the winds his messengers, 1 flames of fire his servants. 1

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 →

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