10 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.