Verse 20

These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim.

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  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
  • Ezek 10:15 : 15 The cherubim rose upward; they were the living beings I had seen by the Kebar River.
  • 1 Kgs 6:29-35 : 29 He decorated the walls of the house all around with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, both in the inner and outer rooms. 30 He also overlaid the floor of the house with gold, both the inner and the outer rooms. 31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood; the doorposts formed a pentagon. 32 The two doors were made of olive wood, and he carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread the gold over the cherubim and the palm trees. 33 In the same way, he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall. They were four-sided. 34 The two doors were of cypress wood. Each door had two folding panels; one door had two folding sections, and the other door also had two folding sections. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and he overlaid the carvings with evenly applied gold.
  • 1 Kgs 7:36 : 36 He adorned the panels of the stand and its frames with engravings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees according to the space on each, with wreaths surrounding them.
  • Ezek 1:5 : 5 From its center came the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: they had a human-like form.
  • Ezek 1:22-28 : 22 Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads. 23 Under the expanse, their wings were spread out straight, one toward another, and each creature had two wings covering its body on one side and two wings covering its body on the other side. 24 When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of mighty waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings. 25 A voice came from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered. 26 Above the expanse over their heads was something like a throne, resembling a sapphire stone. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a human seated above it. 27 I saw something like a gleaming metal, as if it were glowing amber, with a fiery appearance all around it. From what appeared to be his waist upward, and from his waist downward, I saw an appearance like fire and a brilliant radiance surrounding him. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell face down and heard the voice of one speaking.
  • Ezek 3:23 : 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and behold, the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell face down.