Ezekiel 10:3

3 Now the cherubim were standing to the south of the temple when the man went in, and the cloud^[a] filled the inner court.

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 there above the expanse over the heads of the cherubim was something like sapphire stone resembling the shape of a throne that appeared above them.

2 The Lord spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, "Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with hot coals from among the cherubim and scatter [them] over the city." So he went in as I watched.

3 Now the cherubim were standing to the south of the temple when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.

4 Then the glory of the Lord rose from above the cherubim to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord's glory.

5 The sound of the cherubim's wings could be heard as far as the outer court; it was like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

Footnotes

• [a]. 1 Kg 8:10-11