Fire is taken from the midst of the wheels under the cherubims, and
scattered over the city. A description of the cherubims.
10:1. And I saw and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of
the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the sapphire stone,
as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
10:2. And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and said: Go
in between the wheels that are under the cherubims and fill thy hand
with the coals of fire that are between the cherubims, and pour them out
upon the city. And he went in, in my sight:
10:3. And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the
man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.
10:4. And the glory of the Lord was lifted up from above the cherub to
the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with the cloud, and
the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
10:5. And the sound of the wings of the cherubims was heard even to the
outward court as the voice of God Almighty speaking.
10:6. And when he had commanded the man that was clothed with linen,
saying: Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are between the
cherubims: he went in and stood beside the wheel.
10:7. And one cherub stretched out his arm from the midst of the
cherubims to the fire that was between the cherubims: and he took, and
put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it
and went forth.
10:8. And there appeared in the cherubims the likeness of a man's hand
under their wings.
10:9. And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the cherubims: one
wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the
appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the chrysolite stone:
10:10. And as to their appearance, all four were alike: as if a wheel
were in the midst of a wheel.
10:11. And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not
when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest
also followed, and did not turn back.
By four ways... That is, by any of the four ways, forward, backward, to
the right or to the left.
10:12. And their whole body, and their necks, and their hands, and their
wings, and the circles were full of eyes, round about the four wheels.
10:13. And these wheels he called voluble, in my hearing.
Voluble... That is, rolling wheels, galgal.
10:14. And every one had four faces: one face was the face of a cherub,
and the second face, the face of a man: and in the third was the face of
a lion: and in the fourth the face of an eagle.
10:15. And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature
that I had seen by the river Chobar.
10:16. And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by them: and
when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth,
the wheels stayed not behind, but were by them.
10:17. When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these
were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them.
10:18. And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the
temple: and stood over the cherubims.
10:19. And the cherubims lifting up their wings, were raised from the
earth before me: and as they went out, the wheels also followed: and it
stood in the entry of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the
glory of the God of Israel was over them.
10:20. This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel
by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.
10:21. Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the
likeness of a man's hand was under their wings.
10:22. And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces
which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and the impulse
of every one to go straight forward.