OLD TESTAMENT

Ezekiel 1:6

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Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

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Verse 6. Faces. This sometimes means shapes; and Pererius supposes that the animal had the head of a man, and the breast covered with lions’ hair, the feet or round cloven hoofs of an ox, and the wings of an eagle. But it had rather four faces as well as wings, the faces of the man and lion being to the right, and the other two to the left; ( Calmet. Tirinus.) or the eagle was behind ( Bible.) or above the head of the man, and the lion and ox at his right and left. Corn. a Lapide. Menochius.

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