16. When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when they lifted their wings to rise from the earth, even then the wheels did not veer away from them.
17. When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
18. Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
19. The cherubim lifted their wings and ascended from the earth right before my eyes; the wheels were beside them as they went. The glory of the God of Israel was above them, and it stood at the entrance to the eastern gate of the Lord’s house.
20. These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Chebar Canal, and I recognized that they were cherubim.
21. Each had four faces and each had four wings, with the form of human hands under their wings.
22. Their faces looked like the same faces I had seen by the Chebar Canal. Each creature went straight ahead.