Ezekiel 1:10

And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right to the four; and the face of a calf on the left to the four; and the face of an eagle to the four.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

In Context

9And the faces of them four turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

11And the four had their wings spread out above; each one had two joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.

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Cross References

Numbers 2:3And they that encamp first toward the east shall be the order of the camp of Judah with their host, and the prince of the sons of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbers 2:18The station of the camp of Ephraim shall be westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord shall bring upon thee a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice thou shalt not understand;

1 Chronicles 12:8and Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham, and the men of Gedor.

Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; 1 But where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent. 1

Isaiah 46:8Remember ye these things, and groan: repent, ye that have gone astray, return in your heart;

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:5-15

Vision of the Four Living Creatures. ( b. c. 595.) 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the… Read the whole commentary →

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