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Ezekiel 10:18
Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel records a visionary tour of the Jerusalem temple sanctuary during the exilic period, capturing a precise moment when divine presence departs the holy place.
The words — כְּב֣וֹד (ke.Vod) = glory and מִפְתַּ֣ן (mif.Tan) = threshold. The text literally states the glory went out from the threshold and stood above the cherubim.
The thread — This departure motif echoes Psalm 78:60, which records God abandoning the tabernacle at Shiloh, and aligns with Matthew 23:38, where Jesus announces the temple house will be left desolate.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that divine presence is not permanently bound to human structures, requiring readers to account for the consequences of abandoning covenant fidelity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
Cross-references
- Psalms 18:10 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 78:60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
- Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
- 2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- Psalms 68:17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
- Jeremiah 6:8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
- Jeremiah 7:12 But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
- Ezekiel 7:20 His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
- Hosea 9:12 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!