Ezek 10
1
Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament 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
And 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. And he went in in my sight.
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
And the glory of YHWH 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 YHWH`s glory.
5
And 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
And 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
And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that
was between the cherubim, and took [thereof], and put it into the hands of him whom
was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
8
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man`s hand under their wings.
9
And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub,
and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like
to a beryl stone.
10
And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel have been within
a wheel.
11
When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not as they went,
but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
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, they were called in my hearing, the whirling [wheels].
14
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second
face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth
the face of an eagle.
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And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
16
And 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 turned not from beside
them.
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When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them:
for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18
And the glory of YHWH went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over
the cherubim.
19
And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight
when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the
east gate of YHWH`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; and the likeness of the hands
of a man was under their wings.
22
And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river
Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.