Ezekiel 10:3

3 Now the k'ruvim were standing to the right of the house when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner courtyard.

Ezekiel 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 10:3

Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house
According to the Targum, it was the south side of the house; and so Jarchi interprets it opposite to the north, where the gross idolatries were committed, ( Ezekiel 8:3 Ezekiel 8:5 Ezekiel 8:14 ) ; standing at the greatest distance from them, and bearing their testimony against them: when the man went in;
they stood as it were in a levee, through which the man passed, waiting upon him; paying a respect to him; assenting to what he did; and approving of it: this circumstance is mentioned, because they were not always in this position, only at this time; nor did they continue so; we afterwards hear of their motion: and the cloud filled the inner court;
the court of the priests, not as a token of God's presence, as at the dedication of the temple; but rather of judicial blindness and darkness, which the people of the Jews were left unto.

Ezekiel 10:3 In-Context

1 Then I looked, and suddenly, on the dome over the heads of the k'ruvim, there appeared above them something like sapphire that seemed to take the form of a throne.

2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen; he said, "Go in between the wheels under the k'ruvim, fill both your hands with fiery coals from between the k'ruvim, and throw them on the city." As I watched, he went.

3 Now the k'ruvim were standing to the right of the house when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner courtyard.

4 The glory of ADONAI rose from above the keruv to the threshold of the house, leaving the house filled with the cloud and the courtyard full of the brilliance of ADONAI's glory.

5 The sound of the wings of the k'ruvim could be heard even in the outer courtyard sounding like the voice of God, Shaddai, when he speaks.