Ezekiel 10:3-18

³ Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered , and the cloud filled the inner court . ⁴ Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple , and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord . ⁵ Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court , like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks . ⁶ It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen , saying , "Take fire from between the whirling wheels , from between the cherubim ," he entered and stood beside a wheel . ⁷ Then the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim , took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen , who took it and went out.

⁸ The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings . ⁹ Then I looked , and behold , four wheels beside the cherubim , one wheel beside each cherub ; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone . ¹⁰ As for their appearance , all four of them had the same likeness , as if one wheel were within another wheel . ¹¹ When they moved , they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went ; but they followed e in the direction which they faced e , without turning as they went . ¹² Their whole body , their backs , their hands , their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around , the wheels belonging to all four of them. ¹³ The wheels were called in my hearing , the whirling wheels . ¹⁴ And each one had four faces . The first face was the face of a cherub , the second face was the face of a man , the third the face of a lion , and the fourth the face of an eagle . ¹⁵ Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar . ¹⁶ Now when the cherubim moved , the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground , the wheels would not turn from beside them. ¹⁷ When the cherubim stood still , the wheels would stand still ; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them. ¹⁸ Then the glory of the Lord departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim .