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Ezekiel 10:20

Chebar
God's holiness

18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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.

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

22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

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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)

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  • Ezekiel 1:1

    Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

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  • Ezekiel 10:15

    And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

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  • Ezekiel 3:23

    Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

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  • Ezekiel 1:22–28

    And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

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  • 1 Kings 7:36

    For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

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  • 1 Kings 6:29–35

    And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

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  • Ezekiel 1:5

    Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

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