Ezekiel 10:18-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 Then the glory of the Lord left the threshold of the temple and took its place upon the cherubim. 19 The cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the earth before my eyes as they departed with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance of the eastern gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was up above them.(A) 20 [a]These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar. Now I knew they were cherubim.(B) 21 Each of them had four faces and four wings, and something like human hands under their wings. 22 Their faces looked just like the faces I had seen by the river Chebar; and each one went straight ahead.
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- 10:20–22 The repetition of description from the preceding verses is a device intended to suggest the rapid, constantly changing motion of the vision and the difficulty of describing the divine in human language.
Ezekiel 10:18-22
New King James Version
18 Then (A)the glory of the Lord (B)departed from the threshold of the [a]temple and stood over the cherubim. 19 And (C)the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the (D)east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
20 (E)This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel (F)by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim. 21 (G)Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22 And (H)the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. (I)They each went straight forward.
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- Ezekiel 10:18 Lit. house
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