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23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

24 So [God] drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the [a]cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life.(A)

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  1. Genesis 3:24 Cherubim are ministering spirits manifesting God’s invisible presence and symbolizing His action (E.F. Harrison et al., eds., Baker’s Dictionary of Theology).

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