Ezekiel 1:5–21

⁵And from the midst of it came the likeness of ^mfour living creatures. ⁿAnd this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, ^6obut each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. ⁷Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf’s foot. And they sparkled ^plike burnished bronze. ⁸Under their wings ^qon their four sides ^rthey had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: ⁹their wings touched one another. ^sEach one of them went straight forward, ^qwithout turning as they went. ¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, ^teach had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle. ¹¹Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while ^utwo covered their bodies. ^12sAnd each went straight forward. ^vWherever the spirit³ would go, they went, without turning as they went. ¹³As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was ^wlike burning coals of fire, ^wlike the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. ^xAnd the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. ¹⁴And the living creatures ^ydarted to and fro, ^zlike the appearance of a flash of lightning.

^15aNow as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.^{4 16a}As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like ^bthe gleaming of beryl. ^cAnd the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. ^17dWhen they went, they went ^ein any of their four directions^{5 f}without turning as they went. ¹⁸And their rims were tall and awesome, ^gand the rims of all four were full of eyes all around. ^19hAnd when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; ⁱand when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. ^20jWherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, ^jfor the spirit of the living creatures⁶ was in the wheels. ^21hWhen those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; ⁱand when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them, ^jfor the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.