Chapter 10

¹ Then I looked, and, behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs [there was] a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone. ² And he said to the man clothed with the [long] robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in in my sight.

Ezk 10:1-2

³ And the cherubs stood on the right hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. ⁴ Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord. ⁵ And the sound of the cherubs’ wings was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God speaking.

Ezk 10:3-5

⁶ And it came to pass, when he gave a charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between the wheels from between the cherubs, that he went in, and stood near the wheels. ⁷ And he stretched forth his hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took [thereof], and put [it] into the hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took [it], and went out.

Ezk 10:6-7

⁸ And I saw the cherubs [having] the likeness of men’s hands under their wings. ⁹ And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone. ¹⁰ And [as for] their appearance, [there was] one likeness to the four, as if there should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel. ¹¹ When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head looked, they went; and they turned not as they went. ¹² And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels. ¹³ And these wheels were called Gelgel in my hearing. ¹⁵ And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chebar.

Ezk 10:8-15

¹⁶ And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not. ¹⁷ When they stood, [the wheels] stood; and when they mounted up, [the wheels] mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them.

Ezk 10:16-17

¹⁸ Then the glory of the Lord departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs. ¹⁹ And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them above.

Ezk 10:18-19

²⁰ This is the living creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubs. ²¹ Each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men’s hands. ²² And [as for] the likeness of their faces, these are the [same] faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chebar: and they went each straight forward.

Ezk 10:20-22