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11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. On each one, two wings touched one another, and the other two wings covered the body.(A) 12 Each went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they went; they did not change direction when they moved.(B) 13 [a]And the appearance of the living creatures seemed like burning coals of fire. Something indeed like torches moved back and forth among the living creatures. The fire gleamed intensely, and from it lightning flashed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:13–14 The coals and flashing lightning moving among the four creatures and yet coming from them identify this vision as a theophany. See note on 10:2–13.

11 Such were their faces. They each had two wings(A) spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. 12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.(B) 13 The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals(C) of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning(D) flashed out of it.

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