And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
And there appeareth in the cherubs the form of a hand of man under their wings,
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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(Versed 8 and following) And I saw, and behold, there were four wheels beside the Cherubim. One wheel beside one Cherub, and another wheel beside another Cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a chrysolite stone, and they all had the same likeness, like a wheel within a wheel. When they moved, they went in the four directions without turning as they went. And the wheels went toward the place where the first wheel went, and they followed in its tracks and did not turn back.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420patristic
And there appeared in the cherubim,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The form of a mans hand under their wings - I am still of opinion that the hands and wings were not distinct. The arms were feathered like wings, and the hand terminated the arm; but as the long front feathers of the wings would extend much beyond the fingers, hence the hands would appear to be under the wings. See on Eze 1:8 (note). The human hand might be intended to show that God helps and punishes man by man; and that, in the general operations of his providence, he makes use of human agency.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The walk8
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Isaiah 6:6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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And 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…
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
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Ezekiel 1:8Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
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Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
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Ezekiel 10:21Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
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were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:
but each had four faces and four wings.
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Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
