Eze 10 | ABEn | STEP | And I beheld, and behold, upon the firmament above the head of the cherubim was [ 4 stone 3 of sapphire 1 a likeness 2 of a throne] over them.

Ezekiel 10

CHAPTER 10 The Likeness of a Throne

1 And I beheld, and behold, upon the firmament above the head of the cherubim was [⁴stone ³of sapphire ¹a likeness ²of a throne] over them. 2 And he said to the man clothed by the robe, Enter into the midst of the wheels, of the ones underneath the cherubim, and fill your hands full of coals of fire from out of the midst of the cherubim, and scatter them upon the city! And he entered before me. 3 And the cherubim stood at the right of the house, in the entering of the man. And the cloud filled the [²courtyard ¹inner].

The Glory Departs from the Temple

4 And [⁴departed ¹the ²glory ³of the lord] from the cherubim into the open air of the house. And [³was filled ¹the ²house] with the cloud, and the courtyard was filled of the brightness of the glory of the lord. 5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard unto [³courtyard ¹the ²outer], as the sound of God Saddai speaking. 6 And it came to pass in his giving charge to the man, to the one being clothed in the [²robe ¹holy], saying, Take fire from out of the midst of the wheels, from the place between the cherubim! And he entered and stood next to the wheels. 7 And [³stretched out ¹the ²cherub] his hand into the midst of the fire, of the one being in the midst of the cherubim. And he took, and put it unto the hands of the one being clothed by the [²robe ¹holy]. And he took it and came forth. 8 And I beheld the cherubim having likenesses of the hands of men from beneath their wings. 9 And I beheld, and behold, four wheels stood next to the cherubim, [²wheel ¹one] being next to [²cherub ¹one], and [²wheel ¹one] being next to [²cherub ¹one]. And the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance [²stone ¹of carbuncle]. 10 And their appearance was as the likeness one to the four, in which manner whenever [²might be ¹a wheel] in the midst of a wheel. 11 In their going [²in ⁴four ⁵parts ³their ¹they went]; they did not turn in their going. For unto which ever place [⁴looked ¹the ³head ²one] behind it they went, and they did not turn in their going. 12 And all their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about to the four wheels of them. 13 And these wheels were called Gelgel in my hearing. 14 And there were four faces to the one; the face of the one was the face of the cherub. And the [³face ¹the ²second] was a face of a man; and the third face a lion; and the fourth face an eagle.

The Cherubim Depart

15 And [³departed ¹the ²cherubim]. This is the living creature which I saw by the river Chebar. 16 And in the [²going ¹cherubim], [³went ¹the ²wheels], and these were next to them. And in the lifting away of the cherubim, of their wings to raise up on high from the earth, [²did not ³turn ¹their wheels]; and indeed they were by the ones next to them. 17 In their standing, their wheels stood; and in their rising up on high, the wheels rose up on high with them; because spirit of life was in them. 18 And [³went forth ¹the glory ²of the lord] from the open air of the house, and mounted upon the cherubim. 19 And [³lifted up ¹the ²cherubim] their wings, and rose up on high from the earth before me, in their going forth, and the wheels were next to them. And they stood upon the thresholds of the gate of the house of the lord, of the one before. And the glory of the God of Israel was upon them up above. 20 This [²the ³living creature ¹is] which I saw underneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they are cherubim. 21 Four faces to the one, and four wings to the one; and having a likeness of hands of men from beneath their wings, 22 and the likeness of their faces -- these [²the ³faces ¹are] which I saw underneath the glory of the God of Israel by the river Chebar, in the vision of them. And these -- each of them [²according to ³their face ¹went].