7. One living creature put out his hand to the fire that was among them. The living creature took some of the fire. And he put it in the hands of the man dressed in linen. The man took the fire and went out.
8. Something that looked like a man’s hand appeared under the wings of the living creatures.
9. I saw the four wheels by the living creatures. One wheel was by each living creature. The wheels looked like shining chrysolite.
10. All four wheels looked alike. Each looked like a wheel crossways inside another wheel.
11. When the wheels moved, they went in any of the directions that the four living creatures faced. The wheels did not turn about. The living creatures did not turn their bodies as they went. But they followed wherever their faces pointed.
12. All their bodies, their backs, hands, wings and the wheels were full of eyes all over. Now each of the four living creatures had a wheel.
13. I heard the wheels being called “whirling wheels.”
14. Each living creature had four faces. The first face was the face of a creature with wings. The second face was the face of a man. The third was the face of a lion. And the fourth was the face of an eagle.
15. The living creatures flew up. They were the same living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River.
16. And when the living creatures moved, the wheels moved by their sides. The living creatures lifted their wings to fly up from the ground. And the wheels did not leave their sides.
17. When the living creatures stopped, the wheels stopped. When the creatures went up, the wheels went up also. This was because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
18. Then the glory of the Lord left the door of the Temple and stood over the living creatures.
19. The living creatures spread their wings. And they flew up from the ground while I watched. As they went up, the wheels stayed by their sides. They stood where the east gate of the Temple of the Lord opened. The glory of the God of Israel was over them.