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Ezekiel 1:11-21 English Standard Version (ESV)

11. Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.

12. And each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.

13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14. And the living creatures darted to and fro, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15. Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.

16. As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of beryl. And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.

17. When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.

18. And their rims were tall and awesome, and the rims of all four were full of eyes all around.

19. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose.

20. Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

21. When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.