“1 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. 2 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. 3 Now the cherubims 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
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 And the sound of
the cherubims’ 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 cherubims; then he went in, and
stood beside the wheels. 7 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.”
“8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under
their wings. 9 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.
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.” (Ezekiel 10:1-22 AV)
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