When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 1:19 in context
Ezekiel 1:16–22
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The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
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When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.
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As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.
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When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
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Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
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When those went, these went. When those stood, these stood. When those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
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Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at, stretched out over their heads above.
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