Ezekiel 10:20

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 10:12-19
    8 verses
    91%

    12Their entire bodies, backs, hands, wings, and the wheels were completely covered with eyes all around—the wheels belonged to all four of them.

    13I heard the wheels being called 'whirling wheels' in my hearing.

    14Each cherub had four faces: one was the face of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

    15The cherubim rose upward; they were the living beings I had seen by the Kebar River.

    16When the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them, and when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not turn away but stayed close to them.

    17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose, the wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

    18Then the glory of the LORD departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

    19As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose from the ground, with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance to the eastern gate of the LORD's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

  • Ezek 10:21-22
    2 verses
    83%

    21Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands.

    22Their faces looked like those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead, in the direction of its face.

  • Ezek 11:22
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    22Then the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

  • Ezek 10:5-10
    6 verses
    79%

    5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

    6When He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, 'Take fire from within the wheels, from among the cherubim,' the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

    7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them, took some, and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

    8Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen something like the form of a human hand.

    9I looked, and I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a beryl stone.

    10All four wheels looked alike in their appearance, resembling a wheel within a wheel.

  • Ezek 10:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1I looked, and I saw above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, resembling the appearance of a throne, appearing over them.

    2And He said to the man clothed in linen, 'Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.' And he went in as I watched.

    3The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court.

  • Ezek 1:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5From its center came the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: they had a human-like form.

    6Each of them had four faces and four wings.

  • Ezek 1:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15As I looked at the living creatures, I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four living creatures.

    16The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the gleam of beryl, and all four looked alike. Their appearance and structure were as if a wheel were within a wheel.

  • Ezek 1:19-23
    5 verses
    76%

    19When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

    20Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

    21When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when they stood still, the wheels stood still; and when they rose from the ground, the wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

    22Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads.

    23Under 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.

  • 2 Chr 3:13
    75%

    13The wings of these cherubim were spread out twenty cubits in total. They stood on their feet, and their faces were turned inward toward the house.

  • 2 Chr 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10He made two cherubim in the Most Holy Place, crafted out of sculptured work, and overlaid them with gold.

    11The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits and touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, also five cubits, touched the wing of the second cherub.

  • Ezek 1:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a human, on the right side the face of a lion, on the left side the face of an ox, and each also had the face of an eagle.

    11Their faces and their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings touching those of another and two covering their bodies.

  • Ezek 1:8
    73%

    8Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. All four of them had faces and wings.

  • Ezek 3:15
    73%

    15I came to the exiles at Tel Aviv who were living by the Kebar River, and I sat among them for seven days, stunned and overwhelmed by their presence.

  • Exod 25:20
    73%

    20The cherubim shall have their wings outstretched upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces shall be toward each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

  • Ezek 3:13
    72%

    13It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and the sound of the wheels among them, and the sound of a great rumbling.

  • Ezek 3:23
    72%

    23So 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.

  • 1 Kgs 6:24-27
    4 verses
    72%

    24One wing of the cherub was five cubits and the other wing was five cubits, making a total of ten cubits from wingtip to wingtip.

    25The second cherub was also ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape.

    26The height of the first cherub was ten cubits, and so was the height of the second cherub.

    27He placed the cherubim in the inner house, and their wings were spread out. One wing of each cherub touched one wall, and their other wings touched each other in the center of the house.

  • Ezek 8:4
    71%

    4And there was the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision that I had seen in the valley.

  • Exod 37:9
    71%

    9The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces were turned toward one another, looking toward the mercy seat.

  • 2 Sam 22:11
    71%

    11He rode on a cherub and flew; he appeared on the wings of the wind.

  • Ps 18:10
    70%

    10He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet.

  • Ezek 43:3
    70%

    3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when I came to destroy the city, and like the vision I had seen by the River Chebar. I fell on my face.

  • Ezek 1:1
    70%

    1In 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 1:3
    70%

    3The word of the LORD came to Ezekiel, son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Kebar River, and there the hand of the LORD was upon him.