Ezekiel 10:18
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.
17 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.
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.
20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
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Compare
- BSB
- Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
- KJV
- Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
- WEB
- The LORD’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
- ASV
- And the glory of Jehovah went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
- DARBY
- And the glory of Jehovah departed from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
- BLB
- And went out the glory of YHWH from upon the threshold of the house, and it stood over the cherubim.
- ÅB
- Og Herrens herlighet flyttet seg bort fra husets dørtreskel og ble stående over kjerubene.
- OTB
- Da forlot Herrens herlighet terskelen til tempelet og sto over kjerubene.
- B1930
- Og Herrens herlighet flyttet sig bort fra husets dørtreskel og blev stående over kjerubene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 18:10
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
Read in contextMatthew 23:37–39
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Read in contextPsalms 78:60–61
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:12–14
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
Read in contextGenesis 3:24
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Read in context2 Kings 2:11
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:8
Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
Read in contextEzekiel 7:20–22
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
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