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¹ Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.² And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, [even] under the cherub, and fill thy hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter [them] over the city. And he entered 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 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshhold 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 And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard [even] to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.⁶ 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 cherubim; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.⁷ And [one] cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim, to the fire that [was] between the cherubim, and took [of it], and put [it] into the hands of [him that was] clothed with 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 when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels [was] as the color 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.¹² And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, [were] full of eyes on every side, [even] the wheels that they four had.¹³ As for the wheels, it was cried to 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 cherubim were lifted up. This [is] the living creature that I saw by the river of Kebar.¹⁶ And when the cherubim went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubim 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 threshhold 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 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 Kebar; and I knew that they [were] the cherubim.²¹ Every one had four faces each, 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 Kebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.