²⁰ Wherever the spirit was to go they went; and the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

¹² Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.

¹⁷ When they were at rest in their place, these were at rest; when they were lifted up, these went up with them: for the spirit of life was in them.

¹ And again lifting up my eyes I saw four war-carriages coming out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

² In the first war-carriage were red horses; and in the second, black horses;

³ And in the third, white horses; and in the fourth, horses of mixed colour.

⁴ And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?

⁵ And the angel, answering, said to me, These go out to the four winds of heaven from their place before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The carriage in which are the black horses goes in the direction of the north country; the white go to the west; and those of mixed colour go in the direction of the south country.

⁷ And the red ones go to the east; and they made request that they might go up and down through the earth: and he said, Go up and down through the earth. So they went up and down through the earth.

⁸ Then crying out to me, he said, See, those who are going to the north country have given rest to the spirit of the Lord in the north country.

³² And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets;