¹⁶ He then brought me into the inner court^(A) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,^(B) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun^(C) in the east.^(D)

¹⁹ While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them.^(A) They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory^(B) of the God of Israel was above them.

⁴ The glory^(A) of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.^{(B) 5} Then the Spirit^(C) lifted me up^(D) and brought me into the inner court, and the glory^(E) of the Lord filled the temple.^(F)