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Clarifying the Vision
Commentators clarify that the verse's phrasing, which can seem confusing, describes how two of each creature's four wings were used to cover its body. The other two wings were held straight, ready for movement. This detail helps complete the visual picture of these majestic beings as they stand in God's presence.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 1:23
18th Century
Theologian
Every one had two, which covered ... - Or, each one had two wings covering his body on either side.
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 1:23
19th Century
Bishop
Two, which covered on this side. —The excessive literalness of this translation obscures the sense, for it seems to imply that eac…
John Calvin
On Ezekiel 1:23
16th Century
Theologian
There is some obscurity in the words, but it can be easily removed if we note the two ways of covering. For those wings which extended upwards cove…
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John Gill
On Ezekiel 1:23
17th Century
Pastor
And under the firmament [were] their wings straight, the one
toward the other
A furth…
Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 1:15–25
17th Century
Minister
Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes. Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but the motion of the wh…