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15 Then I looked at the living creatures, and behold, there was one (A)wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, [a]for each of the four of them. 16 The (B)appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like the gleam of (C)beryl, and all four of them had the same likeness, their appearance and workmanship being as if [b]one wheel were within another. 17 Whenever they went, they went in any of their four [c]directions without (D)turning as they went. 18 And as for their rims, they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were (E)full of eyes all around. 19 (F)And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. And when the living creatures (G)rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 20 (H)Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction, [d]where the spirit was about to go. And the wheels rose alongside of them; for the spirit of the living [e]creatures was in the wheels. 21 (I)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 [f]creatures was in the wheels.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:15 Lit for his four faces
  2. Ezekiel 1:16 Lit the wheel in the midst of the wheel
  3. Ezekiel 1:17 Lit sides
  4. Ezekiel 1:20 Some ancient versions omit the final clause
  5. Ezekiel 1:20 M.T. creature
  6. Ezekiel 1:21 M.T. being

13 The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.

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