Ezekiel 10:8-22 - The Wheels And The Creatures

⁸ There appeared to be human hands under the wings of the cherubim.

⁹ As I continued to watch, I observed four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels resembled beryl stone. ¹⁰ In appearance, the four wheels looked like they consisted of a wheel within a wheel. ¹¹ Whenever they moved, they proceeded without turning around as they moved, but they followed in the direction where their head was facing, without looking around as they moved. ¹² Their entire bodies, backs, hands, and wings were filled with eyes around, including each of their four wheels. ¹³ The wheels whose sound I was hearing were called "the whirling wheels". ¹⁴ Each had four faces. The first one was the face of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

¹⁵ The cherubim arose. These were the same beings that I had seen at the Chebar River. ¹⁶ When the cherubim moved, the wheels went alongside them. But when the cherubim started to ascend, beating their wings to rise above the earth, the wheels beside them didn't turn. ¹⁷ When they stood still, the wheels stood still. When they rose up, the wheels rose up, too, because they were alive.

¹⁸ Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the Temple and stood over the cherubim. ¹⁹ The cherubim lifted their wings and rose above the earth while I watched. They went out, along with their wheels, and stood at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD's Temple as the glory of Israel's God remained above, covering them.

²⁰ These were the living beings that I had seen under the God of Israel on the bank of the Chebar River. I knew that they were cherubim. ²¹ Each one had four faces. Each one had four wings, and the form of human hands could be seen under their wings. ²² As to the likeness of their faces, they were like what I had seen on the bank of the Chebar River. They each moved straight ahead.