Ezekiel 1:22-28
22 Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, ▼▼ Or “like a dome” (NCV, NRSV, TEV).
glittering awesomely like ice, ▼▼ Or “like crystal” (NRSV, NLT).
stretched out over their heads. 23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering ▼ its body. 24When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings – it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, ▼▼ Heb “Shaddai” (probably meaning “one of the mountain”), a title that depicts God as the sovereign ruler of the world who dispenses justice. The Old Greek translation omitted the phrase “voice of the Almighty.”
or the tumult ▼ of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. 25 Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. ▼ 26Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man. 27I saw an amber glow ▼ like a fire enclosed all around ▼
▼ The LXX lacks this phrase. Its absence from the LXX may be explained as a case of haplography resulting from homoioteleuton, skipping from כְּמַרְאֵה (kemar’eh) to מִמַּרְאֵה (mimmar’eh). On the other hand, the LXX presents a much more balanced verse structure when it is recognized that the final words of this verse belong in the next sentence.
from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it, 28like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. ▼ This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw ▼ it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
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