The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 10
1 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse
that was over the head of the cherubim
there appeared above them as it were a
sapphire† stone, as the appearance of the
likeness of a throne.
2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen,
and said, “Go in between the whirling
wheels, even under the cherub, and fill
both your hands with coals of fire from
between the cherubim, and scatter them
over the city.” He went in as I watched.
3 Now the cherubim stood on the right
side of the house when the man went in;
and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 Yahweh’s glory mounted 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 Yahweh’s glory.
5 The sound ofthe wings ofthe cherubim
was heard even to the outer court, as the
voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
6 It came to pass, when he commanded
the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire
from between the whirling wheels, from
between the cherubim,” that he went in
and stood beside a wheel.
7 The cherub stretched outhishand from
between the cherubim to the fire that was
betweenthe cherubim, andtook some ofit,
and put it into the hands of him who was
clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
8 The form of a man’s hand appeared
here in the cherubim under their wings.
9 I looked, and behold, there were four
wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside
one cherub, and another wheel beside
another cherub. The appearance of the
wheels was like a beryl stone.
10 As for their appearance, the four of
them had one likeness, like a wheel within
a wheel.
11 When they went, they went in their
four directions. They didn’t turn as they
went, but to the place where the head
looked they followed it. They didn’tturn as
they went.
12 Their whole body, including their
backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were
full of eyes all around, even
the wheels that the four of them had.
13 As for the wheels, they were called in
my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
14 Every one of 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.
15 The cherubim mounted up. This is
the living creature that I saw by the river
Chebar.
16 When the cherubim went, the wheels
went beside them; and whenthe cherubim
lifted up their wings to mount up from
the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from
beside them.
17 When they stood, these stood. When
they mounted up, these mounted up with
them; for the spirit of the living creature
was in them.
18 Yahweh’s glory went outfrom over the
threshold of the house and stood over the
cherubim.
19 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.
20 This is the living creature that I
saw under the God of Israel by the river
Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
21 Every one had four faces, and every
one four wings. The likeness of the hands
of a man was under their wings.
22 As for the likeness of their faces,
they were the faces which I saw by the
river Chebar, their appearances and themselves.
They each went straight forward.