John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 10:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, &c.] This is to be understood not of the wheels, to whom body or flesh, backs, hands, and wings, do not belong, but of the cherubim; and the sense is, that as the wheels were alike, and had one and the same form and appearance, so had the cherubim; they were exactly alike in their body, backs, hands, and wings; denoting the agreement between Gospel ministers, in their doctrine, work, and conversation: and the wheels [were] full of eyes round about; that is, the rings or circles of the wheels, as in (<260118>Ezekiel 1:18); signifying that churches consisted of enlightened persons, who had a sight of their sin and danger, and looked to Christ for salvation, and walked circumspectly, and watched over one another: [even] the wheels that they four had: the wheels that belonged to the four living creatures or cherubim.

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