Ezekiel 10:17

When they stood, these stood ,.... When the one were inactive, lifeless, and without motion, making no progress in knowledge, experience, and practice, the other were so likewise; See Gill on Ezekiel 1:21 ;

and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also ; like people, like priest, whether in things commendable or not, Hosea 4:9 ;

for the spirit of the living creature was in them ; the same spirit that was in the cherubim was in the wheels; and the same Spirit of God, who is a "spirit of life" F3 רוח החיה πνευμα βωης , Sept. "spiritus vitae", V. L. Starckius. , as the words may be rendered, is in the churches, as in the ministers; generally speaking, if the one are lively, the other are also, and both move as they are acted by the Spirit; and also their motion from place to place, which is spoken of in Ezekiel 10:18 , is directed by the Spirit; see Acts 16:6 .