Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
East
To keep
Bible References
East
Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
A flaming
Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
Joshua 5:13
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"
1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
Hebrews 1:7
Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire."
To keep
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Hebrews 10:18
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.