Ezekiel 1:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other, every one with two wings covered his body, and the other was covered in like manner.
וְתַ֙חַת֙ הָרָקִ֔יעַ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֣ם יְשָׁר֔וֹת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָ֑הּ לְאִ֗ישׁ שְׁתַּ֤יִם מְכַסּוֹת֙ לָהֵ֔נָּה וּלְאִ֗ישׁ שְׁתַּ֤יִם מְכַסּוֹת֙ לָהֵ֔נָּה אֵ֖ת גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 1:24And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as it were the voice of the most high God: when they walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings were let down.
- Luke 17:10I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.
- Job 4:18Behold, they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
- Ps 89 (88):7
- Ezek 1:11And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:
- Ezek 1:12And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.