Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 10:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's first-person vision report states or reports “Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings” at Ezekiel 10:21 as a specific part of “The Glory Leaves the Temple Threshold.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 10:18–22
Begin with Ezekiel 10:18–22's complete movement: The glory moves from the threshold to the cherubim and east gate, and Ezekiel recognizes the living creatures from the Chebar vision. At verse 10:21, Ezekiel's first-person vision report states or reports “Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings” at Ezekiel 10:21 as a specific part of “The Glory Leaves the Temple Threshold.”
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel's first-person vision report states or reports “Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings” at Ezekiel 10:21 as a specific part of “The Glory Leaves the Temple Threshold.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Ezekiel 10:18–22 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 10:18–22 — The Glory Leaves the Temple ThresholdSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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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 10:18–22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
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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 10:18–22
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