Ezekiel 10:20

“This [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel, by the river of Chebar, &c.] This is repeated from (<261015>Ezekiel 10:15); not only for the confirmation of it; but with an addition, to show that the appearance of the man upon the throne, (<260126>Ezekiel 1:26), is no other than the God of Israel; and inasmuch as Christ is there meant, for the Father never appeared in a human form, it follows that Christ is the God of Israel, under whose power, protection, and influence, the cherubim, his ministers, are; and so this is a proof of the true and proper deity of Christ: and I knew that they [were] the cherubim; not by having seen the cherubim on the mercy seat, and comparing…”

“I knew . . . cherubim--By the second sight of the cherubim, he learned to identify them with the angelic forms situated above the ark of the covenant in the temple, which as a priest, he "knew" about from the high priest.”

“In this departure of the glory of the Lord from the temple, the seer recognizes for the first time the full meaning of the vision which he had seen on the banks of Chebar Ezekiel 1:0. What he had seen there (did indeed imply that Yahweh had forsaken His house; but now this is made clear. The Glory has left the holy of holies, has appeared in the court, has been enthroned on the Living Four, and with them has departed from the temple. It is now clear that these Four (in form similar to, yet differing from, the cherubim of the temple) are indeed the cherubim, in the midst of whom the Lord dwelleth. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain.…”

“I knew - Either by special assurance as a prophet, or by comparing them with those which he had often seen in the temple. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 11”

“the living: Eze 10:15, Eze 1:22-28, Eze 3:23 the river: Eze 1:1 and I: Kg1 6:29-35, Kg1 7:36 Ezekiel 10:21”