Ezekiel 1:10 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:10

The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 10.) The likeness of their faces, the face of a man and the face of a lion on their right side, and the face of an ox on their left side, and the face of an eagle above them. The faces represent the beginning of the Gospels, in which the human and lion symbolize the birth of Christ and the voice of the prophets thundering in the wilderness on the right side.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

A man - Each face is compared to what is most excellent in its kind, man excels in wisdom, lions in strength, the ox in patience and constancy of labour, the eagle in speed and high flight.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As for the likeness of their faces - There was but one body to each of those compound animals: but each body had four faces; the face of a man and of a lion on the right side; the face of an ox and an eagle on the left side. Many of these compound images appear in the Asiatic idols. Many are now before me: some with the head and feet of a monkey, with the body, arms, and legs of a man. Others with the head of the dog; body, arms, and legs human.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Fathers identified them with the four Gospels: Matthew the lion, Mark the ox, Luke the man, John the eagle. Two cherubim only stood over the ark in the temple; two more are now added, to imply that, while the law is retained as the basis, a new form is needed to be added to impart new life to it.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּדְמ֣וּת	u.de.Mut	and [the] likeness of	H1823 →
פְּנֵיהֶם֮	pe.nei.Hem	faces their	H6440 →
פְּנֵ֣י	pe.Nei	[was the] face of	H6440 →
אָדָם֒	'a.Dam	a human	H120 →
וּפְנֵ֨י	u.fe.Nei	and [the] face of	H6440 →
אַרְיֵ֤ה	'ar.Yeh	a lion	H738 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַיָּמִין֙	hai.ya.Min	the right [side]	H3225 →
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם	le.'ar.ba'.Tam	[belonged] to [the] four of them	H702 →
וּפְנֵי־	u.fe.nei-	and [the] face of	H6440 →
שׁ֥וֹר	Shor	an ox	H7794 →
מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֖אול	me.ha.se.Mol	from the left [side]	H8040 →
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ן	le.'ar.ba'.Tan	[belonged] to [the] four of them	H702 →
וּפְנֵי־	u.fe.nei-	and [the] face of	H6440 →
נֶ֖שֶׁר	Ne.sher	an eagle	H5404 →
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽן׃	le.'ar.ba'.Tan	[belonged] to [the] four of them	H702 →

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Through
Revelation 4:7
The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
leads to
- Ezekiel 10:14
  Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 10:21
  Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 7:4
  The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to…
Through
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:2
  Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- 1 Corinthians 13:11
  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
- Romans 16:19
  Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
- Matthew 18:3
  “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- 1 Corinthians 2:6
  Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ezekiel