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1. I am the priest, Ezekiel son of Buzzi. I was in exile by the Kebar Canal in Babylonia when the skies opened up, and I saw visions of God. This was on the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year. (This was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile. The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel. The power of the Lord came over him at that place.)
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 in the thirtieth H7970 year H8141 , in the fourth H7243 month , in the fifth H2568 day of the month H2320 , as I H589 was among H8432 the captives H1473 by H5921 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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2. In the fifth H2568 day of the month H2320 , which H1931 was the fifth H2549 year H8141 of king H4428 Jehoiachin H3112 's captivity H1546 ,
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3. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came expressly H1961 H1961 unto H413 Ezekiel H3168 the priest H3548 , the son H1121 of Buzi H941 , in the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 by H5921 the river H5104 Chebar H3529 ; and the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 there H8033 upon H5921 him.
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4. I was watching a big storm come in from the north. It was a big cloud with a strong wind, and there was fire flashing from it. Light was shining out all around it. It looked like hot metal glowing in a fire.
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4. And I looked H7200 , and, behold H2009 , a whirlwind H7307 H5591 came H935 out of H4480 the north H6828 , a great H1419 cloud H6051 , and a fire H784 enfolding itself H3947 , and a brightness H5051 was about H5439 it , and out of the midst H4480 H8432 thereof as the color H5869 of amber H2830 , out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the fire H784 .
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5. Inside the cloud, there were four living beings that looked like people.
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5. Also out of the midst H4480 H8432 thereof came the likeness H1823 of four H702 living creatures H2416 . And this H2088 was their appearance H4758 ; they H2007 had the likeness H1823 of a man H120 .
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6. But each one of them had four faces and four wings.
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6. And every one H259 had four H702 faces H6440 , and every one H259 had four H702 wings H3671 .
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7. Their legs were straight. Their feet looked like cow's feet, and they sparkled like polished brass.
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7. 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 H5695 's foot H7272 : and they sparkled H5340 like the color H5869 of burnished H7044 brass H5178 .
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8. Under their wings were human arms. There were four living beings. Each living being had four faces and four wings.
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8. And they had the hands H3027 of a man H120 under H4480 H8478 their wings H3671 on H5921 their four H702 sides H7253 ; and they four H702 had their faces H6440 and their wings H3671 .
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9. The wings touched each other. The living beings did not turn when they moved. They went in the direction they were looking.
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9. Their wings H3671 were joined H2266 one H802 to H413 another H269 ; they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went H1980 ; they went H1980 every one H376 straight H5676 forward H6440 .
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10. Each living being had four faces. {In the front} they each had a man's face. There was a lion's face on the right side and a bull's face on the left side. There was an eagle's face on the back.
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10. 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 H413 the right side H3225 : and they four H702 had the face H6440 of an ox H7794 on the left side H4480 H8040 ; they four H702 also had the face H6440 of an eagle H5404 .
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11. Their wings were spread out over them. With two of the wings each living being reached out to touch the one near it, and with the other two wings it covered its body.
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11. Thus were their faces H6440 : and their wings H3671 were stretched H6504 upward H4480 H4605 ; two H8147 wings of every one H376 were joined H2266 one to another H376 , and two H8147 covered H3680 H853 their bodies H1472 .
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12. Each living being went in the direction it was looking. They went wherever the spirit caused them to go, but they did not turn when they moved.
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12. And they went H1980 every one H376 straight H5676 forward H6440 : whither H834 H8033 the spirit H7307 was H1961 to go H1980 , they went H1980 ; and they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went H1980 .
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13. That is what the living beings looked like. Inside the area between the living beings, there was something that looked like burning coals of fire. This fire was like small torches that kept moving around among the living beings. The fire glowed brightly and lightning flashed from it.
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13. 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 H1931 went up and down H1980 among H996 the living creatures H2416 ; and the fire H784 was bright H5051 , and out of H4480 the fire H784 went forth H3318 lightning H1300 .
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14. The living beings ran back and forth� fast like lightning.
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14. And the living creatures H2416 ran H7519 and returned H7725 as the appearance H4758 of a flash of lightning H965 .
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15. I was looking at the living beings when I noticed four wheels that touched the ground. There was one wheel by each living being. All of the wheels looked the same. The wheels looked as if they were made from a clear, yellow jewel. They looked like there was a wheel inside a wheel.
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15. Now as I beheld H7200 the living creatures H2416 , behold H2009 one H259 wheel H212 upon the earth H776 by H681 the living creatures H2416 , with his four H702 faces H6440 .
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16. The appearance H4758 of the wheels H212 and their work H4639 was like unto the color H5869 of a beryl H8658 : and they four H702 had one H259 likeness H1823 : and their appearance H4758 and their work H4639 was as H834 it were H1961 a wheel H212 in the middle H8432 of a wheel H212 .
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17. They could turn to move in any direction. {But the living beings} did not turn when they moved.
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17. When they went H1980 , they went H1980 upon H5921 their four H702 sides H7253 : and they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went H1980 .
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18. The rims of the wheels were tall and frightening. There were eyes all over the rims of all four wheels.
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18. 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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19. The wheels always moved with the living beings. If the living beings went up into the air, the wheels went with them.
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19. And when the living creatures H2416 went H1980 , the wheels H212 went H1980 by H681 them : and when the living creatures H2416 were lifted up H5375 from H4480 H5921 the earth H776 , the wheels H212 were lifted up H5375 .
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20. They went wherever the spirit wanted them to go, and the wheels went with them, because the power that moved the living being was in the wheels.
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20. Whithersoever H5921 H834 H8033 the spirit H7307 was H1961 to go H1980 , they went H1980 , thither H8033 was their spirit H7307 to go H1980 ; and the wheels H212 were lifted up H5375 over against H5980 them: for H3588 the spirit H7307 of the living creature H2416 was in the wheels H212 .
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21. So if the living beings moved, the wheels moved. If the living beings stopped, the wheels stopped. If the wheels went into the air, the living beings went with them, because the spirit was in the wheels.
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21. When those went H1980 , these went H1980 ; and when those stood H5975 , these stood H5975 ; and when those were lifted up H5375 from H4480 H5921 the earth H776 , the wheels H212 were lifted up H5375 over against H5980 them: for H3588 the spirit H7307 of the living creature H2416 was in the wheels H212 .
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22. There was an amazing thing over the heads of the living beings. It was like a bowl turned upside down, and the bowl was clear like crystal.
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22. And the likeness H1823 of the firmament H7549 upon H5921 the heads H7218 of the living creature H2416 was as the color H5869 of the terrible H3372 crystal H7140 , stretched forth H5186 over H5921 their heads H7218 above H4480 H4605 .
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23. Under this bowl, each living being had wings reaching out to the one next to it. Two wings spread out one way and two wings spread out the other way, covering its body.
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23. And under H8478 the firmament H7549 were their wings H3671 straight H3477 , the one H802 toward H413 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 , H853 their bodies H1472 .
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24. Then I heard the wings. Every time the living beings moved, their wings made a very loud noise like a lot of water rushing by. They were loud like {the Lord} All- Powerful. They were as loud as an army or a crowd of people. When the living beings stopped moving, they put their wings down by their side.
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24. And when they went H1980 , I heard H8085 H853 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 a host H4264 : when they stood H5975 , they let down H7503 their wings H3671 .
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25. The living beings stopped moving and lowered their wings. Then there was another loud sound that came from above the bowl over their heads.
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25. And there was H1961 a voice H6963 from H4480 H5921 the firmament H7549 that H834 was over H5921 their heads H7218 , when they stood H5975 , and had let down H7503 their wings H3671 .
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26. There was something that looked like a throne on top of the bowl. It was blue like sapphire. There was also something that looked like a man sitting on the throne.
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26. And above H4480 H4605 the firmament H7549 that H834 was over H5921 their heads H7218 was the likeness H1823 of a throne H3678 , as the appearance H4758 of a sapphire H5601 stone H68 : and upon H5921 the likeness H1823 of the throne H3678 was the likeness H1823 as the appearance H4758 of a man H120 above H4480 H4605 upon H5921 it.
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27. I looked at him from his waist up. He looked like hot metal with fire all around him. I looked at him from his waist down. It looked like fire with a glow that was shining all around him.
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27. And I saw H7200 as the color H5869 of amber H2830 , as the appearance H4758 of fire H784 round about H5439 within H1004 it , from the appearance H4480 H4758 of his loins H4975 even upward H4605 , and from the appearance H4480 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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28. The light shining around him was like a rainbow in a cloud. It was the Glory of the Lord. As soon as I saw that, I fell to the ground. I bowed with my face to the ground, and then I heard a voice speaking to me.
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28. As the appearance H4758 of the bow H7198 that H834 is H1961 in the cloud H6051 in the day H3117 of rain H1653 , so H3651 was the appearance H4758 of the brightness H5051 round about H5439 . This H1931 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 H5921 my face H6440 , and I heard H8085 a voice H6963 of one that spoke H1696 .
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