^{4 Ref} And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was by the side of the great river;

^{5 Ref} And lifting up my eyes I saw the form of a man clothed in a linen robe, and round him there was a band of gold, of the best gold:

^{6 Ref} And his body was like the beryl, and his face had the look of a thunder-flame, and his eyes were like burning lights, and his arms and feet like the colour of polished brass, and the sound of his voice was like the sound of an army.