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21 At their[a] going, they[b] go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth,[c] the wheels rose,[d] for the spirit of the living creatures[e] was in the wheels.

22 Now[f] the likeness above the heads of the living creatures was an expanse like the outward appearance of awesome[g] ice[h] spread out above their heads upward.[i] 23 And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight one toward the other;[j] each had two wings covering them, and each had two wings covering their bodies.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:21 That is, the living creatures
  2. Ezekiel 1:21 That is, the wheels
  3. Ezekiel 1:21 Or “ground”
  4. Ezekiel 1:21 Or “were lifted up”
  5. Ezekiel 1:21 Hebrew “creature”
  6. Ezekiel 1:22 Or “And”
  7. Ezekiel 1:22 Literally “terrible”
  8. Ezekiel 1:22 Literally “frozen water”
  9. Ezekiel 1:22 Literally “from to upward”
  10. Ezekiel 1:23 Literally “each towards its sister”

21 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.(A)

22 Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault,(B) sparkling like crystal, and awesome. 23 Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body.

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