Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.Ezekiel 1:12}
Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.Ezekiel 1:1}
On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,Ezekiel 1:2}
The word of the Lord came to me, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on me there.Ezekiel 1:3}
And, looking, I saw a storm wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.Ezekiel 1:4}
And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.Ezekiel 1:5}
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.Ezekiel 1:6}