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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth[H7970]year[H8141], in the fourth[H7243]month[H2320], in the fifth[H2568] day of the month[H2320], as I was among[H8432] the captives[H1473] by the river[H5104] of Chebar[H3529], that the heavens[H8064] were opened[H6605], and I saw[H7200]visions[H4759] of God[H430].
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In the fifth[H2568] day of the month[H2320], which was the fifth[H2549]year[H8141] of king[H4428] Jehoiachin's captivity[H1546],
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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came expressly unto Ezekiel[H3168] the priest[H3548], the son[H1121] of Buzi[H941], in the land[H776] of the Chaldeans[H3778] by the river[H5104]Chebar[H3529]; and the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was there upon him.
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And I looked[H7200], and, behold, a whirlwind[H7307]came[H935] out of the north[H6828], a great[H1419]cloud[H6051], and a fire[H784]infolding[H3947] itself, and a brightness[H5051] was about[H5439] it, and out of the midst[H8432] thereof as the colour[H5869] of amber[H2830], out of the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784].
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Also out of the midst[H8432] thereof came the likeness[H1823] of four[H702] living creatures[H2416]. And this was their appearance[H4758]; they[H2007] had the likeness[H1823] of a man[H120].
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And every one[H259] had four[H702]faces[H6440], and every one[H259] had four[H702]wings[H3671].
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And their feet[H7272] were straight[H3477]feet[H7272]; and the sole[H3709] of their feet[H7272] was like the sole[H3709] of a calf's foot[H7272]: and they sparkled[H5340] like the colour[H5869] of burnished[H7044]brass[H5178].
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And they had the hands[H3027] of a man[H120] under their wings[H3671] on their four[H702]sides[H7253]; and they four[H702] had their faces[H6440] and their wings[H3671].
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Their wings[H3671] were joined[H2266]one[H802] to another[H269]; they turned[H5437] not when they went[H3212]; they went[H3212] every one[H376]straight[H5676]forward[H6440].
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As for the likeness[H1823] of their faces[H6440], they four[H702] had the face[H6440] of a man[H120], and the face[H6440] of a lion[H738], on the right side[H3225]: and they four[H702] had the face[H6440] of an ox[H7794] on the left side[H8040]; they four[H702] also had the face[H6440] of an eagle[H5404].
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Thus were their faces[H6440]: and their wings[H3671] were stretched[H6504]upward[H4605]; two[H8147]wings[H3671] of every one[H376] were joined[H2266]one[H376] to another[H376], and two[H8147]covered[H3680] their bodies[H1472].
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And they went[H3212] every one[H376]straight[H5676]forward[H6440]: whither the spirit[H7307] was to go[H3212], they went[H3212]; and they turned[H5437] not when they went[H3212].
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As for the likeness[H1823] of the living creatures[H2416], their appearance[H4758] was like burning[H1197]coals[H1513] of fire[H784], and like the appearance[H4758] of lamps[H3940]: it went up and down[H1980] among the living creatures[H2416]; and the fire[H784] was bright[H5051], and out of the fire[H784] went forth[H3318]lightning[H1300].
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And the living creatures[H2416]ran[H7519] and returned[H7725] as the appearance[H4758] of a flash of lightning[H965].
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Now as I beheld[H7200] the living creatures[H2416], behold one[H259]wheel[H212] upon the earth[H776]by[H681] the living creatures[H2416], with his four[H702]faces[H6440].
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The appearance[H4758] of the wheels[H212] and their work[H4639] was like unto the colour[H5869] of a beryl[H8658]: and they four[H702] had one[H259]likeness[H1823]: and their appearance[H4758] and their work[H4639] was as it were a wheel[H212] in the middle[H8432] of a wheel[H212].
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When they went[H3212], they went[H3212] upon their four[H702]sides[H7253]: and they turned[H5437] not when they went[H3212].
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As for their rings[H1354], they were so high[H1363] that they were dreadful[H3374]; and their rings[H1354] were full[H4392] of eyes[H5869] round about[H5439] them four[H702].
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And when the living creatures[H2416]went[H3212], the wheels[H212]went[H3212] by them[H681]: and when the living creatures[H2416] were lifted up[H5375] from the earth[H776], the wheels[H212] were lifted up[H5375].
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Whithersoever the spirit[H7307] was to go[H3212], they went[H3212], thither was their spirit[H7307] to go[H3212]; and the wheels[H212] were lifted up[H5375] over against[H5980] them: for the spirit[H7307] of the living creature[H2416] was in the wheels[H212].
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When those went[H3212], these went[H3212]; and when those stood[H5975], these stood[H5975]; and when those were lifted up[H5375] from the earth[H776], the wheels[H212] were lifted up[H5375] over against[H5980] them: for the spirit[H7307] of the living creature[H2416] was in the wheels[H212].
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And the likeness[H1823] of the firmament[H7549] upon the heads[H7218] of the living creature[H2416] was as the colour[H5869] of the terrible[H3372]crystal[H7140], stretched forth[H5186] over their heads[H7218]above[H4605].
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And under the firmament[H7549] were their wings[H3671]straight[H3477], the one[H802] toward the other[H269]: every one[H376] had two[H8147], which covered[H3680] on this side[H2007], and every one[H376] had two[H8147], which covered[H3680] on that side[H2007], their bodies[H1472].
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And when they went[H3212], I heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of their wings[H3671], like the noise[H6963] of great[H7227]waters[H4325], as the voice[H6963] of the Almighty[H7706], the voice[H6963] of speech[H1999], as the noise[H6963] of an host[H4264]: when they stood[H5975], they let down[H7503] their wings[H3671].
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And there was a voice[H6963] from the firmament[H7549] that was over their heads[H7218], when they stood[H5975], and had let down[H7503] their wings[H3671].
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And above[H4605] the firmament[H7549] that was over their heads[H7218] was the likeness[H1823] of a throne[H3678], as the appearance[H4758] of a sapphire[H5601]stone[H68]: and upon the likeness[H1823] of the throne[H3678] was the likeness[H1823] as the appearance[H4758] of a man[H120]above[H4605] upon it.
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And I saw[H7200] as the colour[H5869] of amber[H2830], as the appearance[H4758] of fire[H784] round about[H5439]within[H1004] it, from the appearance[H4758] of his loins[H4975] even upward[H4605], and from the appearance[H4758] of his loins[H4975] even downward[H4295], I saw[H7200] as it were the appearance[H4758] of fire[H784], and it had brightness[H5051] round about[H5439].
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As the appearance[H4758] of the bow[H7198] that is in the cloud[H6051] in the day[H3117] of rain[H1653], so was the appearance[H4758] of the brightness[H5051] round about[H5439]. This was the appearance[H4758] of the likeness[H1823] of the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068]. And when I saw[H7200] it, I fell[H5307] upon my face[H6440], and I heard[H8085] a voice[H6963] of one that spake[H1696].