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14 Each living creature had four faces: the first a cherub, the second a human being, the third a lion, the fourth an eagle.(A) 15 [a]When the cherubim rose up, they were indeed the living creatures I had seen by the river Chebar.(B) 16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels went beside them; when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the earth, even then the wheels did not leave their sides.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:15–19 The throne represents God’s presence as ruler and protector of the land. In chap. 1, God is revealed as the lord of the world who can appear even in a far-off land; here God is about to abandon the Temple, that is, hand the city over to its enemies. God and the throne return again in 43:1–3.