'Four' in the Bible
The form of four living creatures came from it. And this was their appearance: They had human form,
They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings.
The form of each of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and the face of an eagle.
When I looked at the living creatures, there was one wheel on the ground beside each creature that had four faces.
The appearance of the wheels and their craftsmanship was like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same form. Their appearance and craftsmanship was like a wheel within a wheel.
When they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
Their rims were large and frightening. Each of their four rims were full of eyes all around.
“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the land of Israel:An end! The end has comeon the four corners of the land.
I looked, and there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The luster of the wheels was like the gleam of beryl.
In appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.
When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved. But wherever the head faced, they would go in that direction, without pivoting as they went.
Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, wings, and the wheels that the four of them had, were full of eyes all around.
Each one 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.
Each had four faces and each had four wings, with the form of human hands under their wings.
“For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send My four devastating judgments against Jerusalem—sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague—in order to wipe out both man and animal from it!
He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord God says: Breath, come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live!”
So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done.
There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31½ inches long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.
He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy from the common.
The altar hearth is seven feet high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.
The ledge is 24½ feet long by 24½ feet wide, with four equal sides. The rim all around it is 10½ inches, and its gutter is 21 inches all around it. The altar’s steps face east.”
“You must take some of its blood and apply it to the four horns of the altar, the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim. In this way you will purify the altar and make atonement for it.
The priest must take some of the blood from the sin offering and apply it to the temple doorposts, the four corners of the altar’s ledge, and the doorposts of the gate to the inner court.
Next he brought me into the outer court and led me past its four corners. There was a separate court in each of its corners.
In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, 70 feet long by 52½ feet wide. All four corner areas had the same dimensions.
There was a stone wall around the inside of them, around the four of them, with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.