| 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 spake unto the man
clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even
under the cherub, and fill both thy 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 Jehovah
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 Jehovah'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 speaketh. 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 unto the fire that was
between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of
him that 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 unto 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 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, 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. 15 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. 17 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 Jehovah
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 Jehovah'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.
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