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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: Very interesting. So what you are saying, (or should I say what they are saying,) is that originally the cherubim had a face of a bull, but Ezekial convinced God to recreate them with a youthful face to replace the bull face giving them two human faces, one young and the other older? Where is the scriptural basis for this concept? Or is this just Jewish [man's] tradition? |
Bible Answer: This appears to be just Jewish tradition. If it were in aramaic instead of Hebrew I could understand wanting to change the word bull because it would sound too much like Torah but this is shir in Hebrew. I don't understand how Friedrich Delitzsch connected the Hebrew with the Assyrian saying "kirubu" equals "shedu" (the name of the winged bull). If it were just a miscopy I can see how a final bet could be mistaken for a resh or a dalet but it is less easy to see how the beginning shin might be taken for a kaf and a resh unless it looked messy. |
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