Ezekiel 1:16
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
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Gill's Exposition
The appearance of the wheels, and their work, was like unto the colour of a beryl,.... Which is a precious stone; see Exo 28:20; the Syriac version renders it a chrysolite; the Arabic, a jasper; and…
The prophet is very exact in making and recording his observations concerning this vision. And here we have,
I. The notice he took of the wheels, Eze 1:15-21. The glory of God appears not only in the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the colour of a beryl Heb. tarshish-stone, so named from Tartessus in Spain, in which country it was found. It is the chrysolite of the ancients, the topaz of the moderns, a stone of a golden colour.…
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