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Ezekiel 10:3-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. Now the cherubim were standing before the right side of the house, when the man entered. And a cloud filled the inner court.

4. And the glory of the Lord was lifted up, from above the cherubim, to the threshold of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud. And the court was filled with the splendor of the glory of the Lord.

5. And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God speaking.

6. And when he had instructed the man who was clothed with linen, saying, "Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are between the cherubim," he entered and stood next to the wheel.

7. And one cherub extended his hand, from the midst of the cherubim, to the fire that was between the cherubim. And he took and gave it into the hands of the one who was clothed with linen, and he accepted it and went forth.

8. And there appeared amid the cherubim the likeness of the hand of a man, under their wings.

9. And I saw, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim. One wheel was next to one cherub, and another wheel was next to another cherub. And the appearance of the wheels was like the sight of the chrysolite stone.

10. And in their appearance, each one of the four were similar, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.

11. And when they went, they advanced in four parts. And they did not turn as they went. Instead, to the place to which they were inclined to go at first, the rest also followed, and they did not turn back.

12. And their entire body, with their necks and their hands and their wings and the circles, were full of eyes all around the four wheels.

13. And in my hearing, he called these wheels: "constantly changing."

14. Now each one had four faces. One face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and in the third was the face of a lion, and in the fourth was the face of an eagle.

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