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| 1And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne. | 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. |
| 2Then He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in among the wheels, under the cherub, fill your hands with coals of fire from among the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in 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 temple when the man went in, and the 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. |
| 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness 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. |
| 5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks. | 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. |
| 6Then it happened, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” that he went in 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. |
| 7And the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out. | 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. |
| 8The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings. | 8The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings. |
| 9And when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a 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. |
| 10As for their appearance, all four looked alike—as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. | 10And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel. |
| 11When they went, they went toward any of their four directions; they did not turn aside when they went, but followed in the direction the head was facing. They did not turn aside when they went. | 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. |
| 12And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, were full of eyes all around. | 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. |
| 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “Wheel.” | 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing “the whirling wheels.” |
| 14Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face 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. |
| 15And the cherubim were lifted up. This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar. | 15And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the Chebar canal. |
| 16When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them. | 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 the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them. | 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 departed 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. |
| 19And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above 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. |
| 20This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew 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 and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. | 21Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the likeness of human hands. |
| 22And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. They each went straight forward. | 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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