Then I
looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was
above the head of the cherubims there appeared
over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the
appearance of the likeness of a throne.
02 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen,
and said, Go in between the wheels, even under
the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of
fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them
over the city. And he went in in my sight.
03 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of
the house, when the man went in; and the cloud
filled the inner court.
04 Then the glory of the Lord went 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.
05 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was
heard even to the outer court, as the voice of
the Almighty God when he speaketh.
06 And it came to pass, that when he had
commanded the man clothed with linen, saying,
Take fire from between the wheels, from between
the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside
the wheels.
07 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from
between the cherubims unto the fire that was
between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put
it into the hands of him that was clothed with
linen: who took it, and went out.
08 And there appeared in the cherubims the form
of a man's hand under their wings.
09 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by
the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and
another wheel by another cherub: and the
appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a
beryl stone.
10 And as for their appearances, they four had
one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst
of a wheel.
11 When they went, they went upon their four
sides; they turned not as they went, but to the
place whither the head looked they followed it;
they turned not as they went.
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12 And their whole body, and their backs, and
their hands, and their wings, and the wheels,
were full of eyes round about, even the wheels
that they four had.
13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in
my hearing, O wheel.
14 And every one had four faces: the first face
was the face of a cherub, and the second face was
the face of a man, and the third the face of a
lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the
living creature that I saw by the river of
Chebar.
16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went
by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their
wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels
also turned not from beside them.
17 When they stood, these stood; and when they
were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also:
for the spirit of the living creature was in
them.
18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from off
the threshold of the house, and stood over the
cherubims.
19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and
mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they
went out, the wheels also were beside them, and
every one 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 of Chebar; and I
knew that they were the cherubims.
21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one
four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a
man was under their wings.
22 And the likeness of their faces was the same
faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their
appearances and themselves: they went every one
straight forward.
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