(KJV) Ezekiel 10¹

⥃God’s Glory Exits the Temple

[1] Then I looked², and, behold, in the³ firmament that was above⁴ the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the⁵ appearance of the likeness of a throne. [2] And he spake unto⁶ the man clothed with linen, and said, Go⁷ in between the wheels, [even] under the cherub, and fill thine hand⁸ with coals⁹ of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter¹⁰ [them] over the city. And he went in in my sight. [3] Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the¹¹ cloud filled the inner court. [4] Then the glory¹² of the Lord went up¹³ from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house¹⁴ was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory. [5] And the sound¹⁵ of the cherubims’ wings was heard [even] to the outer¹⁶ court, as the voice¹⁷ of the Almighty God when he speaketh. [6] And it came to pass, [that] when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.¹⁸ [7] And [one] cherub stretched forth¹⁹ his hand from between the cherubims unto the²⁰ fire that [was] between the cherubims, and took [thereof], and put [it] into the hands of [him that was] clothed with linen: who took [it], and went²¹ out.

[8] And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.²² [9] And when I looked, behold²³ the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels [was] as the²⁴ colour of a beryl²⁵ stone. [10] And [as for] their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.²⁶ [11] When they went, they went upon²⁷ their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither²⁸ the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. [12] And their whole body²⁹, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, [were³⁰] full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had. [13] As for the wheels, it was cried³¹ unto them in my hearing, O wheel. [14] And every³² one had four faces: the first face [was] the face of a cherub³³, and the second face [was] the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. [15] And the cherubims were lifted³⁴ up. This³⁵ [is] the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. [16] And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.³⁶ [17] When they stood, [these] stood; and when they were lifted up, [these] lifted up themselves [also]: for³⁷ the spirit of the living creature³⁸ [was] in them. [18] Then the glory³⁹ of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood⁴⁰ over the cherubims. [19] And the cherubims⁴¹ lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also [were] beside them, and [every one] stood at the door of the east⁴² gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory⁴³ of the God of Israel [was] over them above. [20] This [is] the living⁴⁴ creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river⁴⁵ of Chebar; and I⁴⁶ knew that they [were] the cherubims. [21] Every one had four⁴⁷ faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the⁴⁸ likeness of the hands of a man [was] under their wings. [22] And the likeness⁴⁹ of their faces [was] the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went⁵⁰ every one straight forward.