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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Ezekiel 1:20

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the spirit was to go--that is, their will was for going whithersoever the Spirit was for going. over against them--rather, beside or in conjunction with them. spirit of the living creature--put collectively for "the living creatures"; the cherubim. Having first viewed them separately, he next views them in the aggregate as the composite living creature in which the Spirit resided. The life intended is that connected with God, holy, spiritual life, in the plenitude of its active power.
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