1. THEN I looked, and,
behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cher-u-bims
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 cher-u-bims, and scatter them over the city.
And he went in in my sight.
3. Now the cher-u-bims 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 cher-u-bims' 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
cher-u-bims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
7. And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cher-u-bims
unto the fire that was between the cher-u-bims, 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 cher-u-bims the form of a man's hand under
their wings.
9. And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cher-u-bims, 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 cher-u-bims were lifted up. This is the living
creature that I saw by the river of Che-bar.
16. And when the cher-u-bims 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 cher-u-bims.
19. And the cher-u-bims 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 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 Che-bar; and I knew that they were the cher-u-bims.
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 Che-bar, their appearances and themselves: they went every
one straight forward.
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