Ezekiel 10:6

10:6 When the Lord ¹  commanded the man dressed in linen, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man ²  went in and stood by one of the wheels. ³ 

Ezekiel 10:14

10:14 Each of the cherubim ⁴  had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, ⁵  the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:17

10:17 When the cherubim ⁶  stood still, the wheels ⁷  stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels ⁸  rose up with them, for the spirit ⁹  of the living beings ¹⁰  was in the wheels. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 41:25

41:25 On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy ¹²  of wood on the front of the outside porch.

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man dressed in linen) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “the wheel.”

⁴ tn Heb “each one”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ sn The living creature described here is thus slightly different from the one described in Ezek 1:10, where a bull’s face appeared instead of a cherub’s. Note that some English versions harmonize the two descriptions and read the same here as in 1:10 (cf. NAB, NLT “an ox”; TEV, CEV “a bull”). This may be justified based on v. 22, which states the creatures’ appearance was the same.

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or “wind.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “living creature.”

¹¹ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Or “railings.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:218.