Ezekiel 10:15-22

Context

10:15 The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings¹ I saw at the Kebar River. 10:16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread² their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side. 10:17 When the cherubim³ stood still, the wheels⁴ stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels⁵ rose up with them, for the spirit⁶ of the living beings⁷ was in the wheels.⁸

10:18 Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. 10:19 The cherubim spread⁹ their wings, and they rose up from the earth¹⁰ while I watched (when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the Lord’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

10:20 These were the living creatures¹¹ which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim. 10:21 Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings. 10:22 As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose appearance I had seen at the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead.

[10:15] ¹tn Heb “it was the living creature.”

[10:16] ²tn Heb “lifted.”

[10:17] ³tn Heb “they”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17] ⁴tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17] ⁵tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17] ⁶tn Or “wind.”

[10:17] ⁷tn Heb “living creature.”

[10:17] ⁸tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:19] ⁹tn Heb “lifted.”

[10:19] ¹⁰tn Or “the ground” (NIV, NCV).

[10:20] ¹¹tn Heb “That was the living creature.”