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NASB | Ezekiel 1:10 As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 1:10 Regarding the form and appearance of their faces: they [each] had the face of a man [in front], and each had the face of a lion on the right side, and the face of an ox on the left side; all four also had the face of an eagle [at the back of their heads]. [Rev 4:7] |
Bible Question:
Eze. 1:14 And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. Does anyone have any insight as to what appears to be a contradiction between Eze. 1:10 and Eze. 10:14 because in Eze. 10:22 Ezekiel seems to be saying that they are the same cherubim. However, in vs 1:10 it lists the four faces as man, lion, bull, eagle and in vs 10:14 the four faces are listed as cherub, man, lion, eagle. Is the face of a regular cherub that of a bull? |
Bible Answer: Under the Cherub entry at www.jewishencyclopedia.com are the following: Concerning the form of these cherubim, an authority of the end of the third century says that they had the form of youths, ... . The last-named passage says that the cherubim which Ezekiel saw in his vision (Ezek. x. 1) also had this form, adding that the four creatures at the throne of God were originally man, lion, bull, and eagle, but that Ezekiel implored God to take a cherub instead of a bull; Ezekiel desiring that God should not always look upon a bull, which would continually remind Him of Israel's worship of that animal. It seems that the Talmud had noticed that Ezekiel's conception of the heavenly creatures differed from the traditional one. Following Lenormant's suggestions, Friedrich Delitzsch connected the Hebrew with the Assyrian "kirubu" equals "shedu" (the name of the winged bull). |
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