Apocalypse of Abraham

1 And while I was still reciting the song, the edge of the fire which was on the expanse rose up on high. 18:2 And I heard a voice like the roaring of the sea, and it did not cease because of the fire. 18:3 And as the fire rose up, soaring higher, I saw under the fire a throne [made] of fire and the many-eyed Wheels, and they are reciting the song. And under the throne [I saw] four singing fiery Living Creatures. 18:4 And their appearance was the same, each one of them had four faces. 18:5 And this was the aspect of their faces: of a lion, of a man, of an ox, of an eagle. Four heads were on their bodies, so that the four Living Creatures had sixteen faces, 18:6 and each one had six wings: from their shoulders, and from their sides, and from their loins. 18:7 With the wings which were from their shoulders they covered their faces, and with the wings from their loins they clothed their feet, and with their middle wings they stretch out straight flying. 18:8 And as they were finishing singing, they looked at one another and threatened one another. 18:9 And it came to pass when the angel who was with me saw that they were threatening each other, he left me and went running to them. 18:10 And he turned the face of each Living Creature from the face which was opposite to it so that they could not see each other’s threatening faces. 18:11 And he taught them the song of peace [saying] that everything belonged to the Eternal One. 18:12 While I was still standing and watching, I saw behind the Living Creatures a chariot with fiery Wheels. Each Wheel was full of eyes round about. 18:13 And above the Wheels there was the throne which I had seen. And it was covered with fire and the fire encircled it round about, and an indescribable light surrounded the fiery people. 18:14 And I heard the sound of their qedusha like the voice of a single man.