Ezekiel 10:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.

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  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 ¶ A Vision of God’s Glory In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.
  • Ezek 10:15 : 15 The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.
  • 1 Kgs 6:29-35 : 29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom. 30 He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. 31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. 32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold. 33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. 34 He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.
  • 1 Kgs 7:36 : 36 He engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.
  • Ezek 1:5 : 5 In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,
  • Ezek 1:22-28 : 22 Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads. 23 Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body. 24 When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings– it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. 25 Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. 26 Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man. 27 I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it, 28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
  • Ezek 3:23 : 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the LORD was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 10:12-19
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    12along with their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, and their wings. The wheels of the four of them were full of eyes all around.

    13As for their wheels, they were called“the wheelwork” as I listened.

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

    15The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.

    16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.

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

    18Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

    19The cherubim spread their wings, and they rose up from the earth while I watched(when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

  • Ezek 10:21-22
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    21Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.

    22As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose appearance I had seen at the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead.

  • Ezek 11:22
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    22Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

  • Ezek 10:5-10
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    5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the Sovereign God when he speaks.

    6When the LORD commanded the man dressed in linen,“Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood by one of the wheels.

    7Then one of the cherubim stretched out his hand toward the fire which was among the cherubim. He took some and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and left.

    8(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

    9As I watched, I noticed four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; the wheels gleamed like jasper.

    10As for their appearance, all four of them looked the same, something like a wheel within a wheel.

  • Ezek 10:1-3
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    1God’s Glory Leaves the Temple As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

    2The LORD said to the man dressed in linen,“Go between the wheelwork underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.

    3(The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

  • Ezek 1:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,

    6but each had four faces and four wings.

  • Ezek 1:15-16
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    15Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.

    16The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.

  • Ezek 1:19-23
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    19When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.

    20Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

    21When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

    22Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.

    23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

  • 2 Chr 3:13
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    13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.

  • 2 Chr 3:10-11
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    10In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

    11The combined wing span of the cherubim was 30 feet. One of the first cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub’s wings.

  • Ezek 1:10-11
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    10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle.

    11Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.

  • Ezek 1:8
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    8They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

  • Ezek 3:15
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    15I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days.

  • Exod 25:20
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    20The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

  • Ezek 3:13
    72%

    13and the sound of the living beings’ wings brushing against each other, and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound.

  • Ezek 3:23
    72%

    23So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the LORD was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down.

  • 1 Kgs 6:24-27
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    72%

    24Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

    25The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape.

    26Each cherub stood 15 feet high.

    27He put the cherubim in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.

  • Ezek 8:4
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    4Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.

  • Exod 37:9
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    9The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

  • 2 Sam 22:11
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    11He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

  • Ps 18:10
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    10He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

  • Ezek 43:3
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    3It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.

  • Ezek 1:1
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    1¶ A Vision of God’s Glory In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.

  • Ezek 1:3
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    3the LORD’s message came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the LORD came on him there).