Ezekiel 10:3-4 - Exposition

Now the cherubim stood, etc. The position of the cherubim is defined, with a vivid distinctness of detail, which once more reminds us of Dante. They had been standing on the right, i.e. the southern side of the sanctuary. What follows is probably a reproduction of the change of positions described in Ezekiel 9:3 , and the verbs should be taken, therefore, as pluperfects. The cloud of glory, as in 1 Kings 8:10 , 1 Kings 8:11 and Isaiah 6:1 , Isaiah 6:2 , the Shechinah, that was the taken of the Divine presence, filled the court, but the glory itself had moved to the threshold at the first stage of its departure.