Ezekiel 1:4-12

4As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber.

5From the center of the cloud came four living beings that looked human,

6except that each had four faces and four wings.

7Their legs were straight, and their feet had hooves like those of a calf and shone like burnished bronze.

8Under each of their four wings I could see human hands. So each of the four beings had four faces and four wings.

9The wings of each living being touched the wings of the beings beside it. Each one moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.

10Each had a human face in the front, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle at the back.

11Each had two pairs of outstretched wings—one pair stretched out to touch the wings of the living beings on either side of it, and the other pair covered its body.

12They went in whatever direction the spirit chose, and they moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.