Discovery BoxEzekiel 10:17-19 
Context10:17 When the cherubim 1 stood still, the wheels 2 stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels 3 rose up with them, for the spirit 4 of the living beings 5 was in the wheels. 6
10:18 Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. 10:19 The cherubim spread 7 their wings, and they rose up from the earth 8 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.
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Or “wind.”
5 tn Heb “living creature.”
6 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “lifted.”
8 tn Or “the ground” (NIV, NCV).
