²¹ Whenever the living creatures moved, the wheels would move. Whenever the living creatures stood still, the wheels would stand still. Whenever the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels would rise together with them, because the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²² There was something above the heads of the living creatures like the dome of a vaulted ceiling.^[a] It looked like ice. It was spectacular. It stretched out above their heads. ²³ Under the dome, two of their wings were stretched out to touch the wing of another one of the creatures. Each of the creatures also had two wings covering themselves, each had two wings covering themselves—covering their bodies.^[b]