Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 1:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other” at Ezekiel 1:23 as part of “The Expanse, Throne, and Likeness of Glory Overwhelm Ezekiel.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 1:22–28
Read Ezekiel 1:23 with 1:22–28. By itself, “And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Above the creatures an awe-inspiring expanse supports a sapphire-like throne and a human-like fiery radiance surrounded by rainbow brightness; Ezekiel calls it the appearance of the likeness of the LORD's glory and falls down.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Ezekiel 1:22–28, not an independent maxim. Ezekiel's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other” at Ezekiel 1:23 as part of “The Expanse, Throne, and Likeness of Glory Overwhelm Ezekiel.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 1:22–28 — The Expanse, Throne, and Likeness of Glory Overwhelm EzekielSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 1:22–28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 1:22–28
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