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Yechezkel 10:8-22 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

8. And Keruvim appeared to have the tavnit (form) of a yad adam under their kenafayim (wings).

9. And when I looked, hinei, the four Ofanim (wheels) by the Keruvim, one Ofan beside one Keruv, and another Ofan beside another Keruv: and the appearance of the Ofanim was like the color of tarshish even (stone).

10. And as for their appearance, there was one demut (likeness) for the four of them, like that it was the Ofan within the Ofan.

11. When they went, they went toward their four sides; they did not turn aside as they went, but to the makom (place) where the rosh looked they followed it; they did not turn aside as they went.

12. And their whole basar, and their backs, and their hands, and their kenafayim (wings), and the Ofanim, were full of eynayim all around, even the Ofanim that they four had.

13. As for the Ofanim, they were called in my hearing, The Galgal!

14. And every one had four panim (faces): the first face was the face of a Keruv, and the second face was the face of an Adam, and the third face of an Aryeh, and the fourth the face of a Nesher.

15. And the Keruvim were lifted up. This is the Chayah (Living Creature) that I saw by the Kevar River.

16. And when the Keruvim went, the Ofanim went beside them: and when the Keruvim lifted up their kenafayim (wings) to mount up from ha'aretz, the Ofanim turned not away from beside them.

17. When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the Ruach of the Chayah was in them.

18. Then the Kavod Hashem departed from off the threshold of the Beis, and stood over the Keruvim.

19. And the Keruvim lifted up their kenafayim (wings), and mounted up from ha'aretz before my eyes: when they went out, the Ofanim also were beside them, and every one stood at the petach sha'ar Beis Hashem hakadmoni (eastern gate of the Beis HaMikdash of Hashem); and the Kavod Elohei Yisroel was over them from above.

20. This is the Chayah that I saw under Elohei Yisroel by the Kevar River; and I knew that they were the Keruvim.

21. Every one had four panim (faces) each, and every one four kenafayim (wings); and the demut (likeness) of the yedei adam (human hand) was under their kenafayim (wings).

22. And the demut (likeness) of their panim (faces) was the same panim which I saw by the Kevar River, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

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