Catholic Public Domain Version

Ezekiel 10:6-19 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

6. And when he had instructed the man who was clothed with linen, saying, "Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are between the cherubim," he entered and stood next to the wheel.

7. And one cherub extended his hand, from the midst of the cherubim, to the fire that was between the cherubim. And he took and gave it into the hands of the one who was clothed with linen, and he accepted it and went forth.

8. And there appeared amid the cherubim the likeness of the hand of a man, under their wings.

9. And I saw, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim. One wheel was next to one cherub, and another wheel was next to another cherub. And the appearance of the wheels was like the sight of the chrysolite stone.

10. And in their appearance, each one of the four were similar, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.

11. And when they went, they advanced in four parts. And they did not turn as they went. Instead, to the place to which they were inclined to go at first, the rest also followed, and they did not turn back.

12. And their entire body, with their necks and their hands and their wings and the circles, were full of eyes all around the four wheels.

13. And in my hearing, he called these wheels: "constantly changing."

14. Now each one had four faces. One face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and in the third was the face of a lion, and in the fourth was the face of an eagle.

15. And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature, which I had seen beside the river Chebar.

16. And when the cherubim advanced, the wheels also went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings in order to be raised up from the earth, the wheels did not remain behind, but they also were beside them.

17. When they were standing, these stood still. And when they were lifted up, these were lifted up. For the spirit of life was in them.

18. And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple, and stood above the cherubim.

19. And the cherubim, lifting up their wings, were raised up from the earth in my sight. And as they went away, the wheels also followed. And it stood at the entrance to the east gate of the house of the Lord. And the glory of the God of Israel was over them.