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
The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.
A flaming
Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.
Joshua 5:13
When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him, "Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?"
1 Chronicles 21:16
David looked up and saw the Lord's messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
Hebrews 1:7
And he says of the angels, "He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,"
To keep
John 14:6
Jesus replied, "I am the way, and 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 any offering for sin.