Ezekiel 10:17-22

Context
10:17 When the cherubim¹ stood still, the wheels² stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels³ rose up with them, for the spirit⁴ of the living beings⁵ was in the wheels.⁶

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 spread⁷ their wings, and they rose up from the earth⁸ 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 creatures⁹ 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.

[10:17] ¹tn Heb “they”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17] ²tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[10:17] ⁴tn Or “wind.”

[10:17] ⁵tn Heb “living creature.”

[10:17] ⁶tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:19] ⁷tn Heb “lifted.”

[10:19] ⁸tn Or “the ground” (NIV, NCV).

[10:20] ⁹tn Heb “That was the living creature.”