Ezekiel 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 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 had
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.