21Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; …
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. …
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-22)We have here a further account of the vision of God’s glory which Ezekiel saw, here intended to introduce that direful omen of the departure of that glory from them, which would open the door for ruin to break in. I. Ezekiel sees the glory of God shining in the sanctuary, as he had seen it by the river of Chebar , and gives an account of it, that those who had by their wickedness provoked God to d…
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