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Ezekiel 10:17 — Meaning and Application
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" When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature "
Ezekiel 10:17
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And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside
When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature
Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
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.
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Ezekiel 10:1
"Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne."
Ezekiel 10:2
"And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight."
Ezekiel 10:3
"Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court."
Ezekiel 10:4
"Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory."
Ezekiel 10:5
"And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh."
Ezekiel 10:6
"And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels."
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