¹Then I looked , and see , in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone , as the appearance of the likeness of a throne .[#10:1 or, lapis lazuli]

²He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirling wheels , even under the cherub , and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim , and scatter them over the city .”

He went in as I watched.

³Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house when the man went in ; and the cloud filled the inner court .

⁴The LORD ’s glory mounted 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 .

⁵The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court , as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks .

⁶It came to pass , when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels , from between the cherubim ,” that he went in and stood beside a wheel .

⁷The 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 him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out .

⁸The form of a man ’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings .

⁹I looked , and behold , there were four wheels beside the cherubim , one wheel beside one cherub , and another wheel beside another cherub . The appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.

¹⁰As for their appearance , the four of them had one likeness , like a wheel within a wheel.

¹¹When they went , they went in their four directions . They didn’t turn as they went , but to the place where the head looked they followed it . They didn’t turn as they went .

¹²Their whole body , including their backs , their hands , their wings , and the wheels, were full of eyes all around , even the wheels that the four of them had .

¹³As for the wheels , they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels ”.

¹⁴Every one of them had four faces . The first face was the face of the cherub . The second face was the face of a man . The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle .

¹⁵The cherubim mounted up . This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar .

¹⁶When the cherubim went , the wheels went beside them ; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them .

¹⁷When they stood , these stood . When they mounted up , these mounted up with them ; for the spirit of the living creature was in them .

¹⁸The LORD ’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim .

¹⁹The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out , with the wheels beside them . Then they 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 .

²⁰This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar ; and I knew that they were cherubim .

²¹Every one had four faces , and every one four wings . The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings .

²²As for the likeness of their faces , they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar , their appearances and themselves . They each went straight forward .