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Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

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Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying,

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—
    the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

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11 Each had two pairs of outstretched wings—one pair stretched out to touch the wings of the living beings on either side of it, and the other pair covered its body.

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The winds are your messengers;
    flames of fire are your servants.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 104:4 Greek version reads He sends his angels like the winds, / his servants like flames of fire. Compare Heb 1:7.

20 Praise the Lord, you angels,
    you mighty ones who carry out his plans,
    listening for each of his commands.

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Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.

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10 Mounted on a mighty angelic being,[a] he flew,
    soaring on the wings of the wind.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:10 Hebrew a cherub.

24 The wingspan of each of the cherubim was 15 feet, each wing being 7 1⁄2 feet[a] long.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:24 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].

The Three Angels

And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to this world—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

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13 Then I looked, and I heard a single eagle crying loudly as it flew through the air, “Terror, terror, terror to all who belong to this world because of what will happen when the last three angels blow their trumpets.”

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11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God.

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10 and a river of fire was pouring out,
    flowing from his presence.
Millions of angels ministered to him;
    many millions stood to attend him.
Then the court began its session,
    and the books were opened.

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21 for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings.

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24 As they flew, their wings sounded to me like waves crashing against the shore or like the voice of the Almighty[a] or like the shouting of a mighty army. When they stopped, they let down their wings.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:24 Hebrew Shaddai.

The wings of each living being touched the wings of the beings beside it. Each one moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.

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except that each had four faces and four wings.

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The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.
    He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.

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15 Look, God does not even trust the angels.[a]
    Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:15 Hebrew the holy ones.

18 “If God does not trust his own angels
    and has charged his messengers with foolishness,

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Job’s First Test

One day the members of the heavenly court[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan,[b] came with them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:6a Hebrew the sons of God.
  2. 1:6b Hebrew and the satan; similarly throughout this chapter.

19 Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.

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13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.

And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.

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27 He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from wall to wall, while their inner wings touched at the center of the room.

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The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.

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