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Eze 1:6 — And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

And every one had four faces		"These living creatures were probably hieroglyphical representations of the holy angels, the attendants on ""the King of Glory,"" and the ministers of his providence. They were four, apparently to denote that they were employed in the four corners of the world; and they had the likeness of a man, to signify that they were intelligent and rational creatures. Eze 1:10,15; Eze 10:10,14,21,22; Rev 4:7,8"
every one had four wings		Eze 1:8-11; Exd 25:20; 1Ki 6:24-27; Isa 6:2

Correlating Passages

And every one had four faces

	Eze 1:10	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.
	Eze 1:15	Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
	Eze 10:10	And [as for] their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
	Eze 10:14	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.
	Eze 10:21	Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man [was] under their wings.
	Eze 10:22	And the likeness of their faces [was] the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
	Rev 4:7	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.
	Rev 4:8	And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

every one had four wings

	Eze 1:8	And [they had] the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
	Eze 1:9	Their wings [were] joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
	Eze 1:10	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.
	Eze 1:11	Thus [were] their faces: and their wings [were] stretched upward; two [wings] of every one [were] joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
	Exd 25:20	And the cherubims shall stretch forth [their] wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces [shall look] one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
	1Ki 6:24	And five cubits [was] the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other [were] ten cubits.
	1Ki 6:25	And the other cherub [was] ten cubits: both the cherubims [were] of one measure and one size.
	1Ki 6:26	The height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] of the other cherub.
	1Ki 6:27	And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the [one] wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
	Isa 6:2	Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 1:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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