Ezekiel 10
God's Glory Departs
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Then I looked, and, behold, in the
firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared
over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the
likeness of a throne. Ezek. 1.26 · Rev. 4.2
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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
cherubim, and scatter them over the city. Rev. 8.5
And he went in in my sight.
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Now the cherubim stood on the right side
of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner
court.
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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.
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And the sound of the cherubim's wings was
heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty
God when he speaketh.
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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 cherubim; then he went in, and
stood beside the wheels.
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And one cherub stretched forth his
hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between
the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the
hands of him that was clothed with linen; who took it, and went out.
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And there appeared in the cherubim the
form of a man's hand under their wings.
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And when I looked, behold the four
wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel
by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as
the color of a beryl stone.
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And as for their appearances, they
four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a
wheel.
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When they went, they went upon their four
sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the
head looked they followed it; they turned not as they
went.
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And their whole body, and their backs,
and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full
of eyes round about, Rev. 4.8 even the wheels that they four had.
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As for the wheels, it was cried unto them
in my hearing, O wheel. Ezek. 1.15-21
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And every one had four faces: the first
face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth
the face of an eagle. Ezek. 1.10 · Rev. 4.7
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And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of
Chebar.
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And when the cherubim went, the wheels
went by them: and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount
up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside
them.
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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 was in
them.
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Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and
stood over the cherubim.
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And the cherubim 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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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 cherubim.
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Every one had four faces apiece, and
every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
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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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