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Ezekiel 1:5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ezekiel 1:5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures.[a] And this was their appearance: they had the form of men,
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- 1.5 four living creatures: The description recalls the Assyrian karibu: statues of animals with human heads guarding the palace at Nineveh. Here these creatures are pressed into the service of Yahweh. They are met again in Rev 4.6-8. The point of the vision is that Yahweh is not tied to Jerusalem and could follow his people into exile.
Ezekiel 1:5
New International Version
Ezekiel 1:5
New International Version
5 and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures.(A) In appearance their form was human,(B)
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