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Ezekiel 10

In this passage, we are presented with a vivid vision that underscores the majesty and holiness of God, as well as the intricate relationship between the divine and His creation. The description of the cherubim and their movements conveys a profound sense of order and purpose, illustrating that all created beings operate under God's sovereign will. The image of the throne above the cherubim signifies God's reign, emphasizing His ultimate authority over all things, including His people and their judgment.

The act of scattering coals over the city symbolizes divine judgment, reminding us that God's holiness and justice are integral to His nature. It challenges us to reflect on our own standing before God, recognizing that His glory is not only awe-inspiring but also purifying. As the wheels move in conjunction with the cherubim, we see that God's presence and His plans are executed flawlessly, beckoning us to trust in His guidance and sovereignty as we navigate our lives. This powerful imagery serves to deepen our understanding of God's character and His desire to manifest His glory among His people.

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Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Original language

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֶל־הָרָקִ֙יעַ֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַכְּרֻבִ֔ים כְּאֶ֣בֶן סַפִּ֔יר כְּמַרְאֵ֖ה דְּמ֣וּת כִּסֵּ֑א נִרְאָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:22: Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched out over their heads above.

Exodus 24:10: They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

Revelation 4:2: Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne

Revelation 21:19: The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

Revelation 21:20: the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.

Isaiah 66:1: Thus says Yahweh, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?

Psalms 97:2: Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Psalms 11:4: Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.

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Ezekiel 10:2

He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

Original language

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר אֶל־הָאִ֣ישׁ ׀ לְבֻ֣שׁ הַבַּדִּ֗ים וַיֹּ֡אמֶר בֹּא֩ אֶל־בֵּינ֨וֹת לַגַּלְגַּ֜ל אֶל־תַּ֣חַת לַכְּר֗וּב וּמַלֵּ֨א חָפְנֶ֤יךָ גַֽחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ֙ מִבֵּינ֣וֹת לַכְּרֻבִ֔ים וּזְרֹ֖ק עַל־הָעִ֑יר וַיָּבֹ֖א לְעֵינָֽי׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 10:6: It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

Isaiah 6:6: Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.

Isaiah 6:7: He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”

Revelation 8:5: The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.

Ezekiel 1:13: As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:14: The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Exodus 3:2: Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

1 Kings 6:23: In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

1 Kings 6:24: Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

1 Kings 6:25: The other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

1 Kings 6:26: The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

1 Kings 6:27: He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

1 Kings 6:28: He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

1 Kings 6:29: He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.

1 Kings 6:30: The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.

Hebrews 12:29: for our God is a consuming fire.

2 Thessalonians 1:7: and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

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Ezekiel 10:3

Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

Original language

וְהַכְּרֻבִ֗ים עֹֽמְדִ֛ים מִימִ֥ין לַבַּ֖יִת בְּבֹא֣וֹ הָאִ֑ישׁ וְהֶעָנָ֣ן מָלֵ֔א אֶת־הֶחָצֵ֖ר הַפְּנִימִֽית׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 10:1: Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Exodus 40:34: Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:35: Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.

1 Kings 8:10: It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled Yahweh’s house,

1 Kings 8:11: so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.

Revelation 15:8: The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.

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Ezekiel 10:4

Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.

Original language

וַיָּ֤רָם כְּבוֹד־יְהוָה֙ מֵעַ֣ל הַכְּר֔וּב עַ֖ל מִפְתַּ֣ן הַבָּ֑יִת וַיִּמָּלֵ֤א הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אֶת־הֶ֣עָנָ֔ן וְהֶֽחָצֵר֙ מָֽלְאָ֔ה אֶת־נֹ֖גַהּ כְּב֥וֹד יְהוָֽה׃

Cross references

Exodus 40:34: Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:35: Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.

1 Kings 8:10: It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled Yahweh’s house,

1 Kings 8:11: so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.

Isaiah 6:1: In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3: One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Revelation 15:8: The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.

2 Chronicles 5:13: when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever!” then the house was filled with a cloud, even Yahweh’s house,

2 Chronicles 5:14: so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for Yahweh’s glory filled God’s house.

Habakkuk 2:14: For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.

Psalms 104:1: Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

Psalms 104:2: He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

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Ezekiel 10:5

The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

Original language

וְקוֹל֙ כַּנְפֵ֣י הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים נִשְׁמַ֕ע עַד־הֶחָצֵ֖ר הַחִיצֹנָ֑ה כְּק֥וֹל אֵל־שַׁדַּ֖י בְּדַבְּרֽוֹ׃

Cross references

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3: One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Psalms 29:4: Yahweh’s voice is powerful. Yahweh’s voice is full of majesty.

Psalms 29:5: The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

Exodus 25:20: The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

Hebrews 9:5: and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

1 Chronicles 28:18: and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, the cherubim, that spread out, and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

2 Samuel 22:14: Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.

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Ezekiel 10:6

It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

Original language

וַיְהִ֗י בְּצַוֺּתוֹ֙ אֶת־הָאִ֤ישׁ לְבֻֽשׁ־הַבַּדִּים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר קַ֥ח אֵשׁ֙ מִבֵּינ֣וֹת לַגַּלְגַּ֔ל מִבֵּינ֖וֹת לַכְּרוּבִ֑ים וַיָּבֹא֙ וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֔ד אֵ֖צֶל הָאוֹפָֽן׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 10:2: He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3: One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Hebrews 1:7: Of the angels he says, “Who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire.”

Exodus 25:18: You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

Exodus 25:19: Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

Exodus 25:20: The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

Exodus 30:9: You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.

Numbers 7:89: When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.

Psalms 80:1: Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

Commentary

In Ezekiel 10:6, the command given to the man in linen highlights the integral role of the cherubim and the wheels in the divine glory's movement. The phrase "between the whirling wheels" signifies the dynamic nature of God’s presence and activity, which is not static but engaged in the affairs of His people. The term "whirling wheels" refers to the complex interaction between heavenly beings and the spiritual realm, illustrating the profound mystery and majesty of God's throne. The man's act of taking fire represents purification and judgment, aligning with Ezekiel's wider themes of divine holiness and the calling to a prophetic ministry. This verse emphasizes the authority with which God directs His servants, showcasing His sovereign command in the heavenly realm while also preparing the way for the judgment that follows in the narrative.

In Ezekiel 10:6, the command given to the man in linen highlights the integral role of the cherubim and the wheels in the divine glory's movement. The phrase "between the whirling wheels" signifies the dynamic nature of God’s presence and activity, which is not static but engaged in the affairs of His people.

The term "whirling wheels" refers to the complex interaction between heavenly beings and the spiritual realm, illustrating the profound mystery and majesty of God's throne. The man's act of taking fire represents purification and judgment, aligning with Ezekiel's wider themes of divine holiness and the calling to a prophetic ministry.

This verse emphasizes the authority with which God directs His servants, showcasing His sovereign command in the heavenly realm while also preparing the way for the judgment that follows in the narrative.

Ezekiel 10:7

The cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took of it, and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

Original language

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַכְּר֨וּב אֶת־יָד֜וֹ מִבֵּינ֣וֹת לַכְּרוּבִ֗ים אֶל־הָאֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בֵּינ֣וֹת הַכְּרֻבִ֔ים וַיִּשָּׂא֙ וַיִּתֵּ֔ן אֶל־חָפְנֵ֖י לְבֻ֣שׁ הַבַּדִּ֑ים וַיִּקַּ֖ח וַיֵּצֵֽא׃

Cross references

Exodus 25:22: There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

Hebrews 9:5: and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

Revelation 5:8: Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Isaiah 6:6: Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.

Isaiah 6:7: He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”

Leviticus 16:12: He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:

Leviticus 16:13: and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die.

Ezekiel 1:10: As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

1 Chronicles 28:18: and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, the cherubim, that spread out, and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

Commentary

In Ezekiel 10:7, the action of the cherub reaching out to take fire signifies divine interaction and the transmission of holiness. The cherub is a symbol of God's glory and presence, underscoring the sacred nature of the fire, which represents divine judgment or refinement. The phrase "clothed in linen" refers to a priestly figure, indicating a role of intercession and sanctification. The act of receiving the fire underscores the necessity of purification, as this fire would likely be used in judgment or purification rituals, emphasizing God's holiness and His demand for purity among His people. This scene illustrates the profound relationship between divine judgment and mercy within the context of the temple imagery.

In Ezekiel 10:7, the action of the cherub reaching out to take fire signifies divine interaction and the transmission of holiness. The cherub is a symbol of God's glory and presence, underscoring the sacred nature of the fire, which represents divine judgment or refinement.

The phrase "clothed in linen" refers to a priestly figure, indicating a role of intercession and sanctification. The act of receiving the fire underscores the necessity of purification, as this fire would likely be used in judgment or purification rituals, emphasizing God's holiness and His demand for purity among His people. This scene illustrates the profound relationship between divine judgment and mercy within the context of the temple imagery.

Ezekiel 10:8

There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

Original language

וַיֵּרָ֖א לַכְּרֻבִ֑ים תַּבְנִית֙ יַד־אָדָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:8: They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings thus:

Ezekiel 10:21: Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Commentary

The phrase "form of a man’s hand" in Ezekiel 10:8 highlights the anthropomorphic imagery used throughout the scripture to convey God's interaction with creation. The Hebrew word תַּבְנִית (tavnit) suggests a structured representation, indicating that what is seen serves a purpose in revealing divine reality. This verse emphasizes the presence of the cherubim, celestial beings that embody God's glory and serve as agents of His will. The mention of human-like features, such as the hand, can signify God's active involvement in the world, while their wings suggest protection and the transcendence of the divine nature. This duality serves to reinforce God's sovereignty and intimate engagement with His creation.

The phrase "form of a man’s hand" in Ezekiel 10:8 highlights the anthropomorphic imagery used throughout the scripture to convey God's interaction with creation. The Hebrew word תַּבְנִית (tavnit) suggests a structured representation, indicating that what is seen serves a purpose in revealing divine reality.

This verse emphasizes the presence of the cherubim, celestial beings that embody God's glory and serve as agents of His will. The mention of human-like features, such as the hand, can signify God's active involvement in the world, while their wings suggest protection and the transcendence of the divine nature. This duality serves to reinforce God's sovereignty and intimate engagement with His creation.

Ezekiel 10:9

I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.

Original language

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה אוֹפַנִּים֮ אֵ֣צֶל הַכְּרוּבִים֒ אוֹפַ֣ן אֶחָ֗ד אֵ֚צֶל הַכְּר֣וּב אֶחָ֔ד וְאוֹפַ֣ן אֶחָ֔ד אֵ֖צֶל הַכְּר֣וּב אֶחָ֑ד וּמַרְאֵה֙ הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔ים כְּעֵ֖ין אֶ֥בֶן תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 10:10: As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Ezekiel 1:15: Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

Ezekiel 1:16: The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

Ezekiel 1:17: When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn’t turn when they went.

Ezekiel 1:18: As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

Ezekiel 1:19: When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

Ezekiel 1:20: Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Ezekiel 1:21: When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Daniel 7:9: I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

Zechariah 6:1: Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Zechariah 6:2: In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;

Zechariah 6:3: in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful.

1 Kings 6:32: So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.

1 Kings 6:34: and two doors of fir wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

Jeremiah 48:11: Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

Commentary

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Ezekiel 10:10

As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.

Original language

וּמַ֨רְאֵיהֶ֔ם דְּמ֥וּת אֶחָ֖ד לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִהְיֶ֥ה הָאוֹפַ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאוֹפָֽן׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:16: The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

Ezekiel 1:12: Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn’t turn when they went.

Ezekiel 1:13: As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:14: The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Daniel 7:9: I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

Colossians 1:16: For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

Psalms 148:1: Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!

Psalms 148:2: Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!

Psalms 148:3: Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

Psalms 148:4: Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

Psalms 148:5: Let them praise Yahweh’s name, For he commanded, and they were created.

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Ezekiel 10:11

When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they didn’t turn as they went.

Original language

בְּלֶכְתָּ֗ם אֶל־אַרְבַּ֤עַת רִבְעֵיהֶם֙ יֵלֵ֔כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּ֑ם כִּ֣י הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִפְנֶ֤ה הָרֹאשׁ֙ אַחֲרָ֣יו יֵלֵ֔כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּֽם׃

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Ezekiel 1:9: their wings were joined one to another; they didn’t turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Proverbs 4:25: Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

Proverbs 4:26: Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

Proverbs 4:27: Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

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Ezekiel 10:12

Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.

Original language

וְכָל־בְּשָׂרָם֙ וְגַבֵּהֶ֔ם וִֽידֵיהֶ֖ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּ֗ים מְלֵאִ֤ים עֵינַ֙יִם֙ סָבִ֔יב לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֖ם אוֹפַנֵּיהֶֽם׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:18: As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3: One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Matthew 6:22: “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

Matthew 6:23: But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Job 28:10: He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

Proverbs 15:3: Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Psalms 139:1: Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

Psalms 139:2: You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

Psalms 139:3: You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

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Ezekiel 10:13

As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.

Original language

לָא֖וֹפַנִּ֑ים לָהֶ֛ם קוֹרָ֥א הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל בְּאָזְנָֽי׃

Cross references

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Ezekiel 1:15: Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

Ezekiel 1:16: The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

Ezekiel 1:17: When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn’t turn when they went.

Ezekiel 1:18: As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

Ezekiel 1:19: When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

Ezekiel 1:20: Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Ezekiel 1:21: When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Zechariah 6:1: Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Zechariah 6:2: In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;

Zechariah 6:3: in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful.

Zechariah 6:4: Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

Zechariah 6:5: The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

Zechariah 6:6: The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went out toward the south country.”

Zechariah 6:7: The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, “Go around and through the earth!” So they walked back and forth through the earth.

Zechariah 6:8: Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Daniel 7:9: I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

Ezekiel 3:12: Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.

Ezekiel 3:13: I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.

Ezekiel 3:14: So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.

Ezekiel 11:24: The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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Ezekiel 10:14

Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Original language

וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה פָנִ֖ים לְאֶחָ֑ד פְּנֵ֨י הָאֶחָ֜ד פְּנֵ֣י הַכְּר֗וּב וּפְנֵ֤י הַשֵּׁנִי֙ פְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ פְּנֵ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וְהָרְבִיעִ֖י פְּנֵי־נָֽשֶׁר׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:10: As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Exodus 25:20: The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

Psalms 91:4: He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

Matthew 3:16: Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

Mark 1:10: Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

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Ezekiel 10:15

The cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

Original language

וַיֵּרֹ֖מּוּ הַכְּרוּבִ֑ים הִ֣יא הַחַיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי בִּֽנְהַר־כְּבָֽר׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:1: Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:5: Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

Ezekiel 10:1: Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Ezekiel 10:2: He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

Ezekiel 10:3: Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Isaiah 37:16: “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Hebrews 9:5: and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

Exodus 25:20: The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

Psalms 80:1: Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

Psalms 99:1: Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

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Ezekiel 10:16

When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.

Original language

וּבְלֶ֙כֶת֙ הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים יֵלְכ֥וּ הָאוֹפַנִּ֖ים אֶצְלָ֑ם וּבִשְׂאֵ֨ת הַכְּרוּבִ֜ים אֶת־כַּנְפֵיהֶ֗ם לָרוּם֙ מֵעַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹא־יִסַּ֧בּוּ הָאוֹפַנִּ֛ים גַּם־הֵ֖ם מֵאֶצְלָֽם׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:19: When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

Ezekiel 1:20: Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Ezekiel 10:15: The cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

Ezekiel 10:20: This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Ezekiel 2:2: The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.

Ezekiel 3:12: Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.

Revelation 5:11: I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;

Psalms 104:4: He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.

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Ezekiel 10:17

When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

Original language

בְּעָמְדָ֣ם יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ וּבְרוֹמָ֖ם יֵר֣וֹמּוּ אוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ הַחַיָּ֖ה בָּהֶֽם׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:10: As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 1:12: Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn’t turn when they went.

Ezekiel 2:2: The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Acts 2:4: They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

Romans 8:14: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

Romans 8:15: For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:16: The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

1 Corinthians 12:12: For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:13: For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

Galatians 5:16: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:17: For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Galatians 5:18: But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

2 Peter 1:21: For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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Ezekiel 10:18

Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

Original language

וַיֵּצֵא֙ כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל מִפְתַּ֣ן הַבָּ֑יִת וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד עַל־הַכְּרוּבִֽים׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 10:4: Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.

Ezekiel 9:3: The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.

Exodus 25:22: There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3: One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Hebrews 9:5: and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

Psalms 80:1: Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

1 Chronicles 28:18: and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, the cherubim, that spread out, and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

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Ezekiel 10:19

The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Original language

וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ הַכְּרוּבִ֣ים אֶת־כַּ֠נְפֵיהֶם וַיֵּר֨וֹמּוּ מִן־הָאָ֤רֶץ לְעֵינַי֙ בְּצֵאתָ֔ם וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖ים לְעֻמָּתָ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד פֶּ֣תַח שַׁ֤עַר בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ הַקַּדְמוֹנִ֔י וּכְב֧וֹד אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃

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Ezekiel 1:19: When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

Ezekiel 1:20: Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Ezekiel 1:21: When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Ezekiel 10:1: Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Ezekiel 10:2: He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

Ezekiel 10:3: Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Isaiah 6:1: In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3: One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Exodus 25:22: There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

1 Chronicles 13:6: David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Yahweh that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.

Psalms 99:1: Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

Hebrews 9:5: and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

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Ezekiel 10:20

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

Original language

הִ֣יא הַחַיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֛יתִי תַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּֽנְהַר־כְּבָ֑ר וָאֵדַ֕ע כִּ֥י כְרוּבִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 10:1: Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Ezekiel 10:2: He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

Ezekiel 10:3: Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

Ezekiel 1:4: I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:5: Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

Ezekiel 1:6: Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

Ezekiel 1:7: Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

Ezekiel 1:8: They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings thus:

Ezekiel 1:9: their wings were joined one to another; they didn’t turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

Ezekiel 1:10: As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Psalms 99:1: Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

Exodus 25:18: You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

Exodus 25:19: Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

Exodus 25:20: The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

2 Samuel 22:11: He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.

Hebrews 9:5: and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

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Ezekiel 10:21

Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

Original language

אַרְבָּעָ֨ה אַרְבָּעָ֤ה פָנִים֙ לְאֶחָ֔ד וְאַרְבַּ֥ע כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְאֶחָ֑ד וּדְמוּת֙ יְדֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם׃

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Ezekiel 1:6: Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

Ezekiel 1:8: They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings thus:

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Exodus 25:20: The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

Isaiah 40:22: It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

Ezekiel 10:14: Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Zechariah 6:5: The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

1 Kings 6:27: He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

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Ezekiel 10:22

As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.

Original language

וּדְמ֣וּת פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם הֵ֣מָּה הַפָּנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאִ֙יתִי֙ עַל־נְהַר־כְּבָ֔ר מַרְאֵיהֶ֖ם וְאוֹתָ֑ם אִ֛ישׁ אֶל־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖יו יֵלֵֽכוּ׃

Cross references

Ezekiel 1:10: As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:14: Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Revelation 4:6: Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 4:7: The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 4:8: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Isaiah 6:2: Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Isaiah 6:3: One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Daniel 7:9: I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

Daniel 7:10: A fiery stream issued and came out from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

Ezekiel 2:2: The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.

Ezekiel 3:14: So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.

Ezekiel 3:15: Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

Ezekiel 11:24: The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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