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Chapter 10 |
| 1 | Then I looked,
and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there
appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the
likeness of a throne. |
| 2 | And he spake unto the man clothed with linen,
and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand
with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city.
And he went in in my sight. |
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3 | Now the cherubims stood on the right
side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner
court. |
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Then the glory of the LORD went 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. |
| 5 | And the
sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice
of the Almighty God when he speaketh. |
| 6 | And it came to pass, that when
he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the
wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the
wheels. |
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And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the
cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and
put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went
out. |
| 8 |
And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand
under their wings. |
| 9 | And when I looked, behold the four wheels by
the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub:
and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. |
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And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had
been in the midst of a wheel. |
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11 | When they went, they went upon their
four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head
looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. |
| 12 | And their
whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels,
were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. |
| 13 |
As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. |
| 14 |
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a 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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15 | And the cherubims were lifted up. This
is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. |
| 16 | And when
the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up
their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from
beside them. |
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17 | When they stood, these stood; and when they were
lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living
creature was in them. |
| 18 | Then the glory of the LORD departed from off
the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. |
| 19 | And the
cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight:
when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one 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. |
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20 | This is the living creature that I saw
under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the
cherubims. |
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| Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four
wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. |
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And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of
Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight
forward. |
