1 ¶ Then I looked, and there, above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire.

2 And the Lord spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubim, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in as I watched.

3 Now the cherubim stood on the south side of the temple, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

4 Then the glory of the LORD rose from the cherubim, and stopped over the threshold of the temple; 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 wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, it was like the voice of the Almighty God when he speaks.

6 And it came to pass, that when he commanded the man dressed in linen to, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

7 And one cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the hands of the man who was dressed in linen: who took it, and went out.

8 ¶ And the cherubim seemed to have what looked like the hands of a man under their wings.

9 And as I watched, I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the wheels had the appearance of sparkling beryl.

10 And in appearance, the four looked the same, as if a wheel was within a wheel.

11 When they moved in one of the four directions; they moved without swerving, but they would go in whatever direction they faced; without turning as they went.

12 And their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, especially the wheels that the four had.

13 And as I listened I heard the wheels called, Wheelwork.

14 And each had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 And the cherubim ascended. These are the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar.

16 And when the cherubim moved, the wheels went beside them: and when the cherubim raised their wings to rise from the ground, the same wheels did not leave their place beside them.

17 When they stopped, the wheels stopped; and when they ascended, the wheels also ascended: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth as I watched: and as they left, the wheels were beside them as they went, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them; and it remained over the entrance to the eastern gate of the LORD’S house.

20 These are the living creatures that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I realized that they were cherubim.

21 Each of them had four faces, and each of them had four wings; and under their wings were hands that looked like the hands of a man.

22 And their faces looked like the same faces I saw by the river Chebar, they looked the same and were the same: and each went straight ahead.