Ezekiel 10:20
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This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.

the living

Ezekiel 10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.

Ezekiel 1:22-28 And over the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of the firmament, the appearance of crystal terrible to behold, and stretched out over their heads above. . . .

Ezekiel 3:23 And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

the river

Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.

and I

1 Kings 6:29-35 And all the walls of the temple round about he carved with divers figures and carvings: and he made in them cherubims and palm trees, and divers representations, as it were standing out, and coming forth from the wall. . . .

1 Kings 7:36 He engraved also in those plates, which were of brass, and in the corners, cherubims, and lions, and palm trees, in likeness of a man standing, so that they seemed not to be engraven, but added round about.

Context
God's Glory Exits the Temple
19And the cherubims lifting up their wings, were raised from the earth before me: and as they went out, the wheels also followed: and it stood in the entry of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 20This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.21Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the likeness of a man's hand was under their wings.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:5
And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.

Ezekiel 1:22
And over the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of the firmament, the appearance of crystal terrible to behold, and stretched out over their heads above.

Ezekiel 10:15
And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.

Ezekiel 43:3
And I saw the vision according to the appearance which I had seen when he came to destroy the city: and the appearance was according to the vision which I had seen by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

Lexicon
These
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

were the living creatures
הַחַיָּ֗ה (ha·ḥay·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

I had seen
רָאִ֛יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

beneath
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the God
אֱלֹהֵֽי־ (’ĕ·lō·hê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

by the River
בִּֽנְהַר־ (bin·har-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5104: A stream, prosperity

Kebar,
כְּבָ֑ר (kə·ḇār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3529: Chebar -- a river of Babylon

and I knew
וָאֵדַ֕ע (wā·’ê·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they
הֵֽמָּה׃ (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

were cherubim.
כְרוּבִ֖ים (ḵə·rū·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings


Additional Translations
These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

This is the living creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chobar; and I knew that they were cherubs.

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Kebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

It is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs.
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