EzekielChapter 10

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¹I looked, and I saw something above the dome over the heads of the cherubim. It looked like a throne made of sapphire. ²The LORD said to the man dressed in linen, "Go in among the wheels under the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim. Scatter them over the city." As I watched, he went in. ³When the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple. A cloud filled the inner courtyard. ⁴Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim. It moved over the doorway of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud. The courtyard was filled with the bright light of the LORD's glory. ⁵The sound of the cherubim's wings could be heard as far away as the outer courtyard. It was like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. ⁶The LORD commanded the man dressed in linen, "Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim." So the man went in and stood beside a wheel. ⁷Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand. He took some of the fire that was among them. He put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen. The man took it and went out. ⁸(Under their wings, the cherubim seemed to have what looked like human hands.) ⁹Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim. There was one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels shone like beryl, a sparkling stone. ¹⁰All four of them looked the same. Each was like a wheel inside a wheel. ¹¹When they moved, they could go in any of the four directions. They did not turn as they moved. For the cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced. They did not turn as they moved. ¹²Their whole bodies were full of eyes all over. This included their backs, their hands, and their wings. Their four wheels were full of eyes too. ¹³I heard someone call the wheels "the whirling wheels." ¹⁴Each of the cherubim had four faces. The first face was a cherub's face. The second was a man's face. The third was a lion's face. The fourth was an eagle's face. ¹⁵Then the cherubim rose up. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar. ¹⁶When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them. When they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels stayed right by their side. ¹⁷When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still too. When they rose up, the wheels rose up with them. For the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. ¹⁸Then the glory of the LORD left the doorway of the temple. It stopped above the cherubim. ¹⁹As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground. The wheels went right beside them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD. The glory of the God of Israel was above them. ²⁰These were the living creatures I had seen under the God of Israel by the River Kebar. I knew that they were cherubim. ²¹Each one had four faces and four wings. Under their wings was what looked like human hands. ²²Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.