Verse 1
Ezekiel 10:1
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I looked up and saw what looked like a throne made of lapis lazuli beyond the expanse, way above the heads of the cherubim.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֶרְאֶ֗ה וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה אֶל הָ/רָקִ֨יעַ֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל רֹ֣אשׁ הַ/כְּרֻבִ֔ים כְּ/אֶ֣בֶן סַפִּ֔יר כְּ/מַרְאֵ֖ה דְּמ֣וּת כִּסֵּ֑א נִרְאָ֖ה עֲלֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And I saw, and behold, to the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim, like a sapphire stone, like the appearance of the likeness of a throne, was seen above them.
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Chapter 10 Context
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I looked up and saw what looked like a throne made of lapis lazuli beyond the expanse, way above the...
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Speaking from there the Lord told the man in linen, “Go in between the wheels underneath the cherubi...
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The cherubim were standing on the south side of the Temple when the man went in. A cloud filled the...
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Then the Lord's glory rose up from above the cherubim and moved to the entrance of the Temple. The c...
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The noise made by the cherubim's wings could even be heard in the outer courtyard, and sounded like...
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When the Lord ordered the man in linen, “Go and get some fire from in between the wheels, from among...
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Then one of the cherubim reached out and took some of the fire among them. He handed it to the man i...
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(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)
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9
I saw four wheels next to the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels shone like topaz.
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All four wheels looked the same, and had a wheel within a wheel, set crossways.
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The cherubim could go in any direction they faced, moving without turning.
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The whole of their bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were covered in eyes, as were al...
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I heard the wheels being referred to as “the chariot wheels.”
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14
Each of them had four faces: the first face was a cherub's face, the second a man's face, the third...
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15
Then the cherubim rose up in the air. They were the beings I'd seen beside the River Kebar.
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When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved alongside them. Even when they opened their wings to take...
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When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped too. When they took off, the wheels did too, because t...
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18
As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and took off, with the wheels alongside them. They sto...
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These were the beings I had seen beneath the God (Elohim) of Israel by the River Kebar. I knew that...
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Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each of them moved directly ahead.
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