¹⁶ Now as the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. ¹⁷ When ^[a]the cherubim ^(A)stood still, ^[b]the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, ^[c]the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

¹⁸ Then the glory of Yahweh departed from the threshold of the house and stood ^(B)over the cherubim.