Ezekiel 10:9

Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Ezekiel records a vision of the divine throne-chariot, surveying the structural components surrounding the heavenly beings. The prophet describes the precise placement of the apparatus as he observes the scene.

The words — The text highlights אוֹפַנִּים ('o.fa.Nim), meaning "wheels," and אֵצֶל ('E.tzel), meaning "beside." Ezekiel notes four distinct wheels, with one positioned next to each cherub.

The thread — Ezekiel first records a wheel beside each living creature in Ezekiel 1:15. The material beryl later appears in Daniel 10:6 describing a divine figure's body and in Revelation 21:20 as a foundation stone.

Why it lands — The passage demands attention to the exact arrangement and luminous quality of the vision's components. It requires the reader to acknowledge the detailed, non-symbolic description of the divine apparatus as recorded.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 1:15 When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
Daniel 10:6 His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
Revelation 21:20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.