"And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also …" — Ezekiel 10:19

Ezekiel 10:19 · KJV

“And the cherubims 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.”

— Ezekiel 10:19

Verse 18

Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

Verse 20

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 cherubims.

Ezekiel 10 — Context

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. {of...: or, of life}

Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

And the cherubims 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.

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 cherubims.

Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man {was} under their wings.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:1

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

Ezekiel 1:26-28

And above the firmament that {was} over their heads {was} the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne {was} the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

Ezekiel 43:4

And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect {is} toward the east.

Ezekiel 1:17-21

When they went, they went upon their four sides: {and} they turned not when they went.

Ezekiel 11:22-23

Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel {was} over them above.

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, {were} about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.