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Ezekiel 10:6

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When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

KJV

And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

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This verse in Ezekiel 10

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Take fire from within the wheelwork

on Ezekiel 10:6-8

A cherub “reached out his hand” and put the fire into his hands. The cherubim have “the form of human hands under their wings,” the hands of Ezekiel 1:8. The man marked out in chapter 9 with his writing kit now carries the fire that will burn the city.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verses 3 and following) And he entered in my sight. But the cherubim stood at the right side of the house, when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner courtyard. And the glory of the Lord was lifted up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the courtyard was filled with the splendor of the glory of the Lord. And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard up to the outer courtyard, like the voice of God Almighty speaking.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

And stood - Either as one that deferred execution, to try whether the city would repent, or as one who was to give some farther order to the angels, that were to be the ministers of his just displeasure.
And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Ezekiel sets aside the Jews' boast of the presence of God with them. The cherubim, once the ministers of grace, are now the ministers of vengeance. When "commanded," He without delay obeys (Ps 40:8;

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The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֗יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • בְּצַוֹּתוֹ֙when commanded he

    betzavotoH6680 →494 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאִ֤ישׁthe man

    haishH376 →1663 times

  • לְבֻֽשׁ־<the> clothed of

    levush-H3847 →110 times

  • הַבַּדִּים֙the linen<s>

    habadimH906 →23 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • קַ֥חtake

    kachH3947 →966 times

  • אֵשׁ֙fire

    ʾeshH784 →378 times

  • מִבֵּינ֣וֹתfrom between

    mibeinotH996 →407 times

  • לַגַּלְגַּ֔ל<to> the wheel

    lagalgalH1534 →11 times

  • מִבֵּינ֖וֹתfrom between

    mibeinotH996 →407 times

  • לַכְּרוּבִ֑ים<to> the cherubim

    lakeruvimH3742 →91 times

  • וַיָּבֹא֙and he went

    vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

  • וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֔דand he stood

    vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times

  • אֵ֖צֶלbeside

    ʾetzelH681 →61 times

  • הָאוֹפָֽן׃the wheel

    haofanH212 →35 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 10:2And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.4 worksPsalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth2 worksPsalms 99:1The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!2 worksEzekiel 10:7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 80:1

    Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

    it leads to

    • Revelation 21:23

      And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

    • Psalms 77:20

      You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

    • Psalms 50:2

      From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

    • Psalms 99:1

      The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!

  • Through

    Psalms 99:1

    The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!

    it leads to

    • Psalms 97:1

      The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.

    • Exodus 25:22

      And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you…

    • Psalms 97:4

      His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.

    • Psalms 93:1

      The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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