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| 1As I continued to watch, there on the expanse above the heads of the cherubim was a massive sapphire stone that resembled a throne in form and appearance. | 1Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in appearance like a throne. |
| 2The LORD spoke to the man who was clothed in white linen, telling him, "Go between the whirling wheels, under the cherubim, and fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim. Then scatter them over the city." So he entered as I watched. | 2And he said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in before my eyes. |
| 3Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the entrance to the Temple, when the man entered and a cloud filled the inner court. | 3Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. |
| 4The glory of the LORD rose above the cherub and moved to the threshold of the Temple. A cloud filled the Temple and the court was filled with the brilliance of the LORD's glory. | 4And the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD. |
| 5The sound of the wings of the cherubim, reminiscent of the voice of the Sovereign God when he speaks, could be heard as far as the outer court. | 5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. |
| 6He issued this order to the man who was clothed in white linen: "Take fire from within the whirling wheels, among the cherubim." So he went and stood beside the wheels. | 6And when he commanded the man clothed in linen, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he went in and stood beside a wheel. |
| 7Then a cherub stretched out his hand to the fire, which was among the cherubim, took some of the fire, and placed it in the hands of the one clothed in white linen, who took it and left. | 7And a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. |
| 8There appeared to be human hands under the wings of the cherubim. | 8The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings. |
| 9As I continued to watch, I observed four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels resembled beryl stone. | 9And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling beryl. |
| 10In appearance, the four wheels looked like they consisted of a wheel within a wheel. | 10And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel. |
| 11Whenever they moved, they proceeded without turning around as they moved, but they followed in the direction where their head was facing, without looking around as they moved. | 11When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced, the others followed without turning as they went. |
| 12Their entire bodies, backs, hands, and wings were filled with eyes around, including each of their four wheels. | 12And their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels that the four of them had. |
| 13The wheels whose sound I was hearing were called "the whirling wheels". | 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing “the whirling wheels.” |
| 14Each had four faces. The first one was the face of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. | 14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was a human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. |
| 15The cherubim arose. These were the same beings that I had seen at the Chebar River. | 15And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the Chebar canal. |
| 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels went alongside them. But when the cherubim started to ascend, beating their wings to rise above the earth, the wheels beside them didn't turn. | 16And 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 did not turn from beside them. |
| 17When they stood still, the wheels stood still. When they rose up, the wheels rose up, too, because they were alive. | 17When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in them. |
| 18Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the Temple and stood over the cherubim. | 18Then the glory of the LORD went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. |
| 19The cherubim lifted their wings and rose above the earth while I watched. They went out, along with their wheels, and stood at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD's Temple as the glory of Israel's God remained above, covering them. | 19And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. |
| 20These were the living beings that I had seen under the God of Israel on the bank of the Chebar River. I knew that they were cherubim. | 20These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the Chebar canal; and I knew that they were cherubim. |
| 21Each one had four faces. Each one had four wings, and the form of human hands could be seen under their wings. | 21Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the likeness of human hands. |
| 22As to the likeness of their faces, they were like what I had seen on the bank of the Chebar River. They each moved straight ahead. | 22And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the Chebar canal. Each one of them went straight forward. |
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