1Then 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.
Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 11:22
Trivia: In Ezekiel 4, how long did Ezekiel lie on his right side?
10:1-22
1Then 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.
I looked up and saw a sapphire throne appear in the sky.
2And 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.
3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
God said to a man in linen, [1]
Go between the wheels and scatter hot coals over the city.
So he did that.
4 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.
Then the glory of the Lord stood over the house.
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.
The sound of the cherubim's wings sounded just like God's voice.
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.
God commanded the man in linen, saying,
Take fire from between the wheels and between the cherubim.
7 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.
One of the cherubim handed the man in linen the fire.
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.
10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
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.
(The cherubim had human hands under their wings.)
12And 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.
Their whole bodies, backs, and hands were full of eyes.
Even the wheels had four eyes.
13As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
I heard someone cry out to the wheels, saying,
Oh 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.
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.
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.
Each of the wheels had four faces:
the face of a cherub, man, lion, and eagle.
18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
The glory of the Lord left the house and stood over the cherubim.
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.
20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the
The cherubim, with the wheels beside them, flew over to the east gate of God's house.
The glory of the Lord was above them.
21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
The cherubim had four faces and four wings, with human hands under their wings.
22 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.
God's evil angel. See the last chapter.
