Ezekiel 10:1

God’s Glory Leaves the Temple

10:1 As I watched, I saw ¹  on the platform ²  above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

Ezekiel 10:3

10:3 (The cherubim were standing on the south side ³  of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

Ezekiel 10:5

10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God ⁴  when he speaks.

Ezekiel 10:20

10:20 These were the living creatures ⁵  which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.

Ezekiel 11:22

11:22 Then the cherubim spread ⁶  their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Ezekiel 41:18

41:18 It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

Ezekiel 41:20

41:20 from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

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¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

² tn Or “like a dome.” See 1:22-26.

³ tn Heb “right side.”

⁴ tn The name (“El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 69-72.

⁵ tn Heb “That was the living creature.”

⁶ tn Heb “lifted.”