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Ezekiel 10:16
When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel recounts his vision of the cherubim and the associated wheels by the River Kebar as the living creatures begin to rise and prepare to move.
The words — אֶצְלָ֑/ם ('etz.La/m) = beside them and וּ/בִ/שְׂאֵ֨ת (u./vi/s.'Et) = and when lifted up describe the physical proximity and coordinated ascent of the wheels with the cherubim.
The thread — This synchronized movement appears earlier in Ezekiel 1:19 and is reiterated in Ezekiel 10:17, where the text states the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Why it lands — The text reports that the wheels never separated from the cherubim during ascent or descent, requiring the reader to note the absolute mechanical and spiritual coordination between the vision's components.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 1:19 So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.