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.

Bible References

East

Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.

A flaming

Numbers 22:23
When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing on the path with a drawn sword in His hand, she turned off the path and went into the field. So Balaam hit her to return her to the path.
Joshua 5:13
When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
1 Chronicles 21:16
When David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell down with their faces to the ground.
Hebrews 1:7
And about the angels He says:

He makes His angels winds,
and His servants a fiery flame,

To keep

John 14:6
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Hebrews 10:18
Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

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