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Then I looked ,
and behold ,
on the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire ,
in form resembling a throne .
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And 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 .
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Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the house ,
when the man went in ;
and a cloud filled the inner court .
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And the glory of the LORD went up from the cherubim to the threshold of the house ;
and the house was filled with the cloud ,
and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of the LORD .
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And 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 .
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And 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 .
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And a cherub stretched forth 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 .
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The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings .
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And I looked ,
and behold ,
there were four wheels beside the cherubim ,
one beside each cherub ;
and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling chrysolite .
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And as for their appearance ,
the four had the same likeness ,
as if a wheel were within a wheel .
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When 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 .
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And their rims ,
and their spokes ,
and the wheels were full of eyes round about--the wheels that the four of them had .
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As for the wheels ,
they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels .
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And every one had four faces :
the first face was the face of the 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 .
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And the cherubim mounted up .
These were the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar .
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And 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 .
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When 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 .
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Then the glory of the LORD went forth from the threshold of the house ,
and stood over the cherubim .
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And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight as they went forth ,
with the wheels beside them ;
and they stood at the door of the east gate of the house of the LORD ;
and the glory of the God of Israel was over them .
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These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar ;
and I knew that they were cherubim .
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Each had four faces ,
and each four wings ,
and underneath their wings the semblance of human hands .
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And as for the likeness of their faces ,
they were the very faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar .
They went every one straight forward .