Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 10:16-17

"And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also turned not from beside them. When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them." — Ezekiel 10:16-17 (ASV)

are a repetition of the general description of the nature and connection of the various parts of the vision, and this is the more appropriate as showing why they were regarded as one living creature (Ezekiel 10:15). The attributes here assigned to them show that they were pervaded by one will—the spirit of the living creature (others, as in the margin, the spirit of life) was in them.