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cherub, and paused over the threshold of the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them;
temple; and the house was filled with the and when the cherubim lifted their wings to
cloud, and the court was full of the brightness mount up from the earth, the same wheels also
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of the LORD’s glory. And the sound of the did not turn from beside them. When the
wings of the cherubim was heard even in the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and
outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up,
when He speaks. for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
6 Then it happened, when He commanded 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from
the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire the threshold of the temple and stood over the
from among the wheels, from among the cherubim. And the cherubim lifted their
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cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside wings and mounted up from the earth in my
the wheels. And the cherub stretched out his sight. When they went out, the wheels were
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hand from among the cherubim to the fire beside them; and they stood at the door of the
that was among the cherubim, and took some east gate of the LORD’s house, and the glory of
of it and put it into the hands of the man the God of Israel was above them.
clothed with linen, who took it and went out. 20 This is the living creature I saw under the
8 The cherubim appeared to have the form of a God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew
man’s hand under their wings. they were cherubim. Each one had four faces
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9 And when I looked, there were four wheels and each one four wings, and the likeness of
by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub the hands of a man was under their wings.
and another wheel by each other cherub; the 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same
wheels appeared to have the color of a beryl as the faces which I had seen by the River
stone. As for their appearance, all four looked Chebar, their appearance and their persons.
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alike—as it were, a wheel in the middle of a They each went straight forward.
wheel. When they went, they went toward
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any of their four directions; they did not turn Psalm 121:1–8
aside when they went, but followed in the A Song of Ascents.
direction the head was facing. They did not
body, with their back, their hands, their wings, I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
turn aside when they went. And their whole
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From whence comes my help?
and the wheels that the four had, were full of 2 My help comes from the LORD,
eyes all around. As for the wheels, they were Who made heaven and earth.
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called in my hearing, “Wheel.” 3 He will not allow your foot to be
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moved;
the face of a cherub, the second face the face He who keeps you will not
of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the slumber.
fourth the face of an eagle. And the cheru-
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4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
bim were lifted up. This was the living crea-
ture I saw by the River Chebar. When the Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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The LORD is your keeper;
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The LORD is your shade at your right
hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
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10:9–17 wheels by the cherubim.This whole Nor the moon by night.
section is similar to 1:4–21. Four wheels on
God’s chariot mingled with the 4 angels 7 The LORD shall preserve you
(1:15–21) coordinated with each other in pre- from all evil;
cision, and each with a different one of the He shall preserve your soul.
cherubim. All looked so much alike that it was 8 The LORD shall preserve your going
as if one wheel blended entirely with another out and your coming in
(v. 10). As their appearance was so unified, From this time forth, and even
their action was in unison and instant (v. 11). forevermore.
The cherubim had bodies like men and their
chariot wheels were full of eyes denoting full Proverbs 28:16
perception both to see the sinners and their 16
fitting judgment.The color beryl is a sparkling A ruler who lacks understanding
yellow or gold. is a great oppressor,
But he who hates covetousness
will prolong his days.
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