The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.

Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.

When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

“Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.