Ezekiel 10:1-3

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The Glory of the Lord Leaves the Temple

10 Then I looked up at the bowl^[a] over the heads of the Cherub angels. The bowl looked clear blue like sapphire, and there was something that looked like a throne over it. ²Then the one sitting on the throne said to the man dressed in linen clothes,^[b] “Step into the area between the wheels^[c] under the Cherub angels. Take a handful of the burning coals from between the Cherub angels and go throw them over the city of Jerusalem.”

The man walked past me. ³The Cherub angels were standing in the area south^[d] of the Temple as the man walked to them. The cloud filled the inner courtyard.

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 10:1 bowl This Hebrew word is the same word used in Gen. 1:6-7 to describe the dome of the sky.
Ezekiel 10:2 linen clothes Priests usually wore these clothes.
Ezekiel 10:2 area between the wheels The Hebrew word can mean “chariot wheel,” “whirling (spinning) wheel,” or “tumbling weed.” See chapter 1 for Ezekiel’s full description. Also in verse 6.
Ezekiel 10:3 south Literally, “right.”