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As I looked, behold, a ^(h)storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like ⁽ⁱ⁾glowing metal in the midst of the fire.

Within it there were figures resembling ^(j)four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human ^(k)form.

Each of them had ^(l)four faces and ^(m)four wings.

Their legs were straight and ^[c]their feet were like a calf's hoof, and they gleamed like ⁽ⁿ⁾burnished bronze.

Under their wings on their ^(o)four sides were human ^(p)hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

their wings touched one another; their faces did ^(q)not turn when they moved, each ^(r)went straight forward.

As for the ^(s)form of their faces, each had the ^(t)face of a man; ^[d]all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and ^[e]all four had the face of an eagle.

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and ^(u)two covering their bodies.

And ^(v)each went straight forward; ^(w)wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

^[f]In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of ^(x)fire, ^[g]like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was ^[h]flashing from the fire.

And the living beings ^(y)ran to and fro like bolts of ^(z)lightning.

Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one ^(aa)wheel on the earth beside the living beings, ^[i]for each of the four of them.

The ^(ab)appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like ^[j]sparkling ^(ac)beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if ^[k]one wheel were within another.

Whenever they ^[l]moved, they ^[m]moved in any of their four ^[n]directions without ^(ad)turning as they ^[o]moved.

As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were ^(ae)full of eyes round about.

^(af)Whenever the living beings ^[p]moved, the wheels ^[q]moved with them. And whenever the living beings ^(ag)rose from the earth, the wheels rose also.

^(ah)Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction^[r]. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living ^[s]beings was in the wheels.

^(ai)Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living ^[t]beings was in the wheels.

Now ^(aj)over the heads of the living ^[u]beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of ^[v]crystal, spread out over their heads.

Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had ^(ak)two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

I also heard the sound of their wings like the ^(al)sound of abundant waters as they went, like the ^(am)voice of ^[w]the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the ^(an)sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

And there came a voice from above the ^(ao)expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

Now ^(ap)above the expanse that was over their heads there was something ^(aq)resembling a throne, like ^[x](ar)lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a ^(as)man.