Ezekiel Chapter 10
Yahveh’s Glory Leaves the Temple
1 Then in the expanse above the cherubs, I saw something like a sapphire stone shaped like a throne. 2 He spoke to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the turning wheels under the cherubs and fill your hands with coals. Scatter them over the city.” I watched him go in.
3 The cherubs were standing on the right side of the Temple when he went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. 4 The glory of Yahveh rose up from the cherubs to the threshold of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple, and the bright glory of Yahveh filled the court. 5 The cherubs’ wings could be heard all the way to the outer court—like God Almighty when he speaks.
Ezek 10:1-5
6 When he told the man in linen to take fire from between the turning wheels, he went in and stood beside a wheel. 7 A cherub reached out to the fire between the cherubs, took some coals, and put them in the man’s hand. He took them and went out. 8 The cherubs had what looked like a man’s hand under their wings.
9 Then I saw four wheels beside the cherubs, one beside each one. The wheels glowed like chrysolite. 10 All four looked alike as if one wheel was inside another wheel. 11 When they moved they went in any of four directions without turning from the direction they faced. 12 Their whole bodies were covered with eyes—backs, hands, wings, and their wheels. 13 I heard the wheels called “whirling wheels.” 14 They had four faces each—a cherub, man, lion, and eagle.
Ezek 10:6-14
15 The cherubs rose up—the living beings I’d seen by the Chebar River. 16 When they moved, the wheels went beside them. When they lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels stayed beside them. 17 When they stood still, the wheels stood still, because the spirit of the living beings was in them.
18 The glory of Yahveh went from the Temple threshold to stand above the cherubs. 19 When they left, I saw them lift their wings and rise up from the ground with the wheels beside them. They stood at the entrance of the Temple’s east gate, and the glory of God hovered over them. 20 They were the living beings I’d seen below God by the Chebar River; so I knew they were cherubs. [ 21-22 ]
Ezek 10:15-22