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Ezekiel 10:20

Chebar
God's holiness

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.

These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

21 Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

22 Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

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BSB
These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
KJV
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
WEB
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
ASV
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
DARBY
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
BLB
This [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the River Kebar; and I knew that they [were] cherubim.
ÅB
Det var de livsvesener jeg hadde sett under Israels Gud ved elven Kebar, og jeg skjønte at det var kjeruber.
OTB
Dette var de levende skapningene jeg hadde sett under Israels Gud ved elven Kebar, og jeg innså at de var kjeruber.
B1930
Det var de livsvesener jeg hadde sett under Israels Gud ved elven Kebar, og jeg skjønte at det var kjeruber.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 1:1

    In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

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  • Ezekiel 10:15

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

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  • Ezekiel 3:23

    So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

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  • Ezekiel 1:22–28

    Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.

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  • 1 Kings 7:36

    He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

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  • 1 Kings 6:29–35

    Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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  • Ezekiel 1:5

    and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,

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