Ezekiel 1:20 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:20

Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

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ASV

Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

KJV

Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 1, Homily 7 (604)

"Wherever the spirit went, the wheels were equally lifted as the spirit went there, following it." For wherever the spirit of the reader tends, there the divine utterances are also lifted up, because if you seek something lofty in them by seeing and understanding, these same sacred utterances grow with you, ascend with you to higher things. And it is well said of these same wheels: Following him. For if the spirit of the reader seeks to know something moral or historical in them, the moral sense of history follows him. If something typological, the figurative speech is immediately recognized.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The spirit of the living creature was in the wheels - That is, the wheels were instinct with a vital spirit; the wheels were alive, they also were animals, or endued with animal life, as the creatures were that stood upon them. Here then is the chariot of Jehovah.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַ֣ל	'al	to	H5921 →
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	where	H834 →
יִֽהְיֶה־	yih.yeh-	it was	H1961 →
שָּׁ֨ם	sham	there	H8033 →
הָר֤וּחַ	ha.Ru.ach	the spirit	H7307 →
לָלֶ֙כֶת֙	la.Le.khet	[about] to go	H1980 →
יֵלֵ֔כוּ	ye.Le.khu	they moved	H1980 →
שָׁ֥מָּה	Sha.mah	there towards	H8033 →
הָר֖וּחַ	ha.Ru.ach	the spirit	H7307 →
לָלֶ֑כֶת	la.Le.khet	to go	H1980 →
וְהָאוֹפַנִּ֗ים	ve.ha.'o.fa.Nim	and the wheels	H212 →
יִנָּשְׂאוּ֙	yi.na.se.'U	they were lifted up	H5375 →
לְעֻמָּתָ֔ם	le.'u.ma.Tam	<to> close by them	H5980 →
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
ר֥וּחַ	Ru.ach	[the] spirit of	H7307 →
הַחַיָּ֖ה	ha.chai.Yah	the living creature	H2416 →
בָּאוֹפַנִּֽים׃	ba.'o.fa.Nim	[was] in the wheels	H212 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 10:17
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
leads to
- Ezekiel 1:20–21
  Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 8:2
  For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
Through
1 Corinthians 14:32
The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
leads to
- 1 John 4:1
  Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Acts 4:19–20
  But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- 1 Corinthians 14:29–30
  Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
- 2 Kings 2:3
  Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do…
- Jeremiah 20:9
  If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of…
Through
Ezekiel 1:12
Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
leads to
- Ezekiel 1:9
  and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ezekiel