John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 10:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim, &c.] The churches by the ministers: of these “wheels”, and why the churches are so called, and of their number “four”, and their situation “by” the cherubim, (see Gill on “<260115>Ezekiel 1:15”); one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: a minister to a church; every church has its own pastor, elder, or overseer, by it, and over it: and the appearance of the wheels [was] as the colour of a beryl stone; a precious stone of a sea green; (see Gill on “<260116>Ezekiel 1:16”). The Targum renders it in general, “a precious stone”; the Septuagint version, “a carbuncle”; and the Vulgate Latin version, “a chrysolite”.

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