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Ezekiel 1:4-14

I saw a storm coming from the north. There was an immense cloud with flashing lightning surrounded by a bright light. The center of the lightning looked like glowing metal. In the center of the cloud I saw what looked like four living creatures. They were shaped like humans. Each of them had four faces and four wings.read more.
Their legs were straight. Their feet were like those of calves and they glittered like polished copper. They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings. Their wings touched each other. The creatures went straight ahead and they did not turn as they moved. Their faces looked like this: From the front, each creature had the face of a human. From the right side, each one had the face of a lion. From the left, each one had the face of a bull. And from the back, each one had the face of an eagle. That is what their faces looked like. Their wings were spread out and pointed upward. Each creature had two wings with which they touched each other. The other two wings covered their bodies. Each of the creatures went straight ahead. They went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn as they moved. The living creatures looked like burning coals and torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures. The fire was bright and lightning came out of the fire. The living creatures ran back and forth like lightning.

Ezekiel 10:12-14

Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around. The wheels belonged to all four of them. The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. Each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub angel, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:22-24

Their faces looked exactly like the faces that I saw by the Chebar River. Each one went straight ahead. The Spirit lifted me and took me to the east gate of Jehovah's Temple. It is the gate that faces east. Twenty-five men were at the entrance of the gate. I saw among them Azzur's son Jaazaniah and Benaiah's son Pelatiah. They were leaders of the people. Jehovah said to me: Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city (Jerusalem).

Ezekiel 10:5

The sound of the angels' wings was heard as far as the outer courtyard. It was like the sound of the Almighty God when he speaks.

Revelation 4:6-8

A sea of crystal like glass was in front of the throne. In the center around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like a young bull. The third living creature had a face like a man. And the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full of eyes around and within. Never resting day or night, they say: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

Genesis 3:24

After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

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