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Ezekiel 10:15

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 10:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
Ezekiel 10:15 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had.
13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling [wheels].
14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
16And 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 turned not from beside them.
17When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18And the glory of Jehovah went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the cherubim were lifted up, &c.] From the earth; (see Gill on “<260119>Ezekiel 1:19”); this [is] the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar: a river in Chaldea, where the prophet was when he had the vision of the living creatures recorded in the “first” chapter; and hence it is out of doubt that the living creatures and the cherubim are the same.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The repeated declaration of the identity of the vision with that at the Chebar is to arouse attention to it (Eze 10:22; Eze 3:23). the living creature--used collectively, as in Eze 10:17, Eze 10:20; Eze 1:20.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“lifted: Eze 10:18, Eze 10:19, Eze 8:6, Eze 11:22; Hos 9:12 This: Eze 10:20, Eze 1:5, Eze 1:13, Eze 1:14, Eze 43:3 Ezekiel 10:16”
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