🔥WEB · Ezekiel 10:16
What does Ezekiel 10:16 mean?
"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."
— Ezekiel 10:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
Every one them had four faces. The first face was the face of the cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle.
The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
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.
When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, with the wheels beside them. Then 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.
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