When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 10:16 in context
Ezekiel 10:13–19
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As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
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Every one of them had four faces. The first face was the face of the cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle.
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The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
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When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.
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When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
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The LORD’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
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The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, with the wheels beside them. Then they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
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