The Storm and the Living Creatures

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I looked and saw a windy storm approaching from the north and a huge cloud with flashing fire, glowing brightly all around with the color of gleaming amber from within the fire.

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Inside, there appeared to be four living creatures that looked like human beings;

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but each one had four faces and four wings.

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Their legs were straight, with feet like calves' hoofs. They glittered like burnished bronze.

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Beneath their wings they had human hands on their four sides. The four of them had faces and wings as follows:

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they touched one another with their wings; they did not turn when they moved, but each one moved straight forward;

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as for the appearance of their faces, they had human faces [in front], each of the four had a lion's face on the right, each of the four had a bull's face on the left, and each of the four had an eagle's face [toward the rear] -

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thus their faces. As for their wings, each had two that stretched upward and joined those of others, and two more that covered their bodies.

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Each [living creature] moved in the direction of any of its faces; in whichever direction the spirit wanted to go, they went, without turning as they moved -

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thus the appearance of the living creatures. With them was something that looked like fiery coals burning the way torches do, with the fire flashing here and there between the living creatures; the fire had a brilliance, and out of the fire went lightning.

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The living creatures kept speeding here and there like flashes of lightning.

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