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The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel,
Chapter 1.

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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year,
in the fourth month, in the fifth day of

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the month, as I was among the captives by
the river of Kibar, that the heavens were

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opened, and I saw visions of God.

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In the fifth day of the month,
which was the fifth year of King

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Jehoiachin's captivity, the word of the
Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the

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priest, the son of Uzzi, in the land of
the Chaldeans, by the river Kibar,

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and the hand of the Lord was there upon
him.

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And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came
out of the north, a great cloud,

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and a fire enfolding itself, and a
brightness was about it.

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And out of the midst thereof, as the color
of amber, out of the midst of the fire,

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also out of the midst thereof,
came the likeness of four living

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creatures, and this was their appearance.

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They had the likeness of a man,
and every one had four faces, and every

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one had four wings, and their feet were
straight feet, and the sole of their feet

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was like the sole of a calf's foot,
and they sparkled like the color of

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burnished brass, and they had the hands of
a man under their wings on their four

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sides, and they four had their faces and
their wings.

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Their wings were joined one to another.

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They turned not when they went.

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They went every one straight forward.

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As for the likeness of their faces,
they four had the face of a man,

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and the face of a lion on the right side,
and they four had the face of an ox on the

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left side.

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They four also had the face of an eagle.

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Thus were their faces, and their wings
were stretched upward.

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Two wings of every one were joined one to
another, and two covered their bodies,

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and they went every one straight forward.

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Whether the spirit was to go, they went,
and they turned not when they went.

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As for the likeness of the living
creatures, their appearance was like

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burning coals of fire, and like the
appearance of lamps, it went up and down

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among the living creatures.

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And the fire was bright, and out of the
fire went forth lightning, and the living

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creatures ran and returned as the
appearance of a flash of lightning.

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Now as I beheld the living creatures,
behold one wheel upon the earth by the

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living creatures with his four faces.

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The appearance of the wheels and their
work was like unto the color of a barrel,

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and they four had one likeness,
and their appearance and their work was as

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it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

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When they went, they went upon their four
sides, and they turned not when they went.

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As for their rings, they were so high that
they were dreadful, and their rings were

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full of eyes round about them four.

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And when the living creatures went,
the wheels went by them.

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And when the living creatures were lifted
up from the earth, the wheels were lifted

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up.

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Whithersoever the spirit was to go,
they went.

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Thither was their spirit to go,
and the wheels were lifted up over against

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them, for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels.

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When those went, these went, and when
those stood, these stood.

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And when those were lifted up from the
earth, the wheels were lifted up over

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against them, for the spirit of the living
creature was And the likeness of the

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firmament upon the heads of the living
creature was as the color of the terrible

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crystal, stretched forth over their heads
above.

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And under the firmament were their wings
straight, the one toward the other.

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Every one had two, which covered on this
side, and every one had two, which covered

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on that side their bodies.

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And when they went, I heard the noise of
their wings, like the noise of great

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waters.

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As the voice of the Almighty, the voice of
speech.

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As the noise of an host.

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When they stood, they let down their
wings.

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And there was a voice from the firmament
that was over their heads when they stood,

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and had let down their wings.

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And above the firmament that was over
their heads was the likeness of a throne,

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as the appearance of a sapphire stone.

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And upon the likeness of the throne was
the likeness as the appearance of a man

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above upon it, and I saw as the color of
amber, as the appearance of fire round

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about within it.

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From the appearance of his loins even
upward, and from the appearance of his

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loins even downward, I saw as it were the
appearance of fire, and it had brightness

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round about.

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As the appearance of the bow that is in
the cloud in the day of rain, so was the

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appearance of the brightness round about.

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This was the appearance of the likeness of
the glory of the Lord.

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And when I saw it, I fell upon my face,
and I heard a voice of one that spake.