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Ezekiel 10:17

God's holiness

15 Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.

16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.

When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

18 Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

19 As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

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BSB
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
KJV
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.
WEB
When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
In their standing still and in their rising up [they] were raised up with them, for the spirit of the living creature [was] in them.
ÅB
Når kjerubene sto, sto også de, og når kjerubene hevet seg, hevet de seg med dem; for livsvesenenes ånd var i dem.
OTB
Når kjerubene sto stille, sto hjulene stille; og når de steg, steg hjulene med dem, for ånden til de levende skapningene var i dem.
B1930
Når kjerubene stod, stod også de, og når kjerubene hevet sig, hevet de sig med dem; for livsvesenenes ånd var i dem.

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  • Ezekiel 1:20–21

    Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

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  • Romans 8:2

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  • Genesis 2:7

    Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

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  • Revelation 11:11

    But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

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  • Ezekiel 1:12

    Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

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