John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 10:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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When they stood, [these] stood, &c.] When the one were inactive, lifeless, and without motion, making no progress in knowledge, experience, and practice, the other were so likewise; (see Gill on “<260121>Ezekiel 1:21”); and when they were lifted up, [these] lifted up themselves [also]; like people, like priest, whether in things commendable or not, (<280409>Hosea 4:9); for the spirit of the living creature [was] in them; the same spirit that was in the cherubim was in the wheels; and the same Spirit of God, who is a “spirit of life”f145, as the words may be rendered, is in the churches, as in the ministers; generally speaking, if the one are lively, the other are also, and both move as they are acted by the Spirit; and also their motion from place to place, which is spoken of in (<261018>Ezekiel 10:18), is directed by the Spirit; (see <441606>Acts 16:6,7).

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