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1 Then
I looked, and
see, in the
expanse that was
over the head
of the cherubim
there appeared
above them as
it were a
sapphire
stone, as the
appearance of the
likeness of a
throne.
2 He spoke
to the man clothed
in linen, and said, “Go
in between the
whirling wheels,
even under the
cherub, and fill
both your hands
with coals of
fire from between
the cherubim, and
scatter them over
the city.”
He went in
as I watched.
3 Now the
cherubim stood on
the right side
of the house
when the man went
in; and the
cloud filled the
inner court.
4 The
LORD’s glory
mounted up from
the cherub, and
stood over the
threshold of the
house; and the
house was filled
with the cloud,
and the court
was full of
the brightness of
the LORD’s glory.
5 The
sound of the
wings of the
cherubim was heard
even to the
outer court, as
the voice of God
Almighty when he
speaks.
6 It
came to pass,
when he commanded
the man clothed
in linen, saying, “Take fire
from between the
whirling wheels,
from between the
cherubim,” that he
went in and
stood beside a
wheel.
7 The
cherub stretched
out his hand
from between the
cherubim to
the fire that
was between the
cherubim, and took
some of it,
and put it
into the hands
of him who
was clothed
in linen, who took
it and went
out.
8 The
form of a
man’s hand
appeared here in
the cherubim under
their wings.
9 I
looked, and behold,
there were four wheels beside
the cherubim,
one wheel beside one
cherub, and
another wheel beside another
cherub. The
appearance of
the wheels was
like a beryl stone.
10 As
for their
appearance, the four
of them had
one likeness, like
a wheel within
a wheel.
11 When
they went, they
went in their four
directions. They didn’t
turn as they
went, but to
the place where
the head looked
they followed it.
They didn’t turn
as they went.
12 Their
whole body,
including their
backs, their hands,
their wings, and
the wheels, were
full of eyes
all around, even
the wheels that
the four of them
had.
13 As
for the wheels,
they were called
in my hearing, “the
whirling wheels”.
14 Every one
of them had four
faces. The first
face was the
face of the
cherub. The second
face was the
face of a
man. The third
face was the
face of a lion.
The fourth was
the face of
an eagle.
15 The
cherubim mounted up.
This is the
living creature
that I saw
by the river
Chebar.
16 When
the cherubim went,
the wheels went
beside them; and
when the cherubim
lifted up their
wings to mount up
from the earth,
the wheels also didn’t
turn from beside
them.
17 When
they stood, these
stood. When
they mounted up, these mounted
up with them;
for the spirit
of the living
creature was in
them.
18 The
LORD’s glory went
out from over
the threshold of
the house and
stood over the
cherubim.
19 The
cherubim lifted up
their wings
and mounted up
from the earth in
my sight when
they went out,
with the wheels
beside them. Then
they stood at
the door of
the east gate
of the LORD’s
house; and the
glory of the
God of Israel
was over them
above.
20 This
is the living
creature that I
saw under the God
of Israel by
the river Chebar;
and I knew
that they were
cherubim.
21 Every
one had four faces,
and every one four
wings. The
likeness of the
hands of a
man was under
their wings.
22 As
for the likeness
of their faces,
they were the
faces which I
saw by the
river Chebar,
their appearances
and themselves.
They each went
straight forward.