Psa 68:17, 104:3-4, Eze 1:5-28, 10:9-19, 11:22, Zec 1:10-11, Heb 1:7, 14 | TSK | STEP | chariots. thousands. or, many thousands. as in Sinai.

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.

10,15; 10:10,14,21,22; Re 4:7,8

every one had four wings.

8-11; Ex 25:20; 1Ki 6:24-27; Isa 6:2

straight feet. Heb. a straight foot. like the sole.

Le 11:3,47

the colour.

13; Ps 104:4; Da 10:6; Re 1:15

8:3; 10:2,7,8,18,21; Isa 6:6

joined.

11; 2Ch 3:11,12; 1Co 1:10

they turned.

12; 10:11,22; Pr 4:25-27; Lu 9:51,62

for the.

10:14; Re 4:7

the face of a man.

Nu 2:10; Isa 46:8; Lu 15:10; 1Co 14:20

the face of a lion.

Nu 2:3; Jud 14:18; 1Ch 12:8; Re 5:5

the face of an ox.

10:14

Cherub.

Nu 2:18; Pr 14:4; 1Co 9:9,10

the face of an eagle.

Nu 2:25; De 28:49; Job 39:27; Isa 40:31; Da 7:4

and their.

10:16,19

stretched upward. or, divided above. and two.

23; Isa 6:2

they went every.

9,17; 10:22

whither.

20,21; Heb 1:14

7; Ge 15:17; Ps 104:4; Da 10:5,6; Mt 28:3; Re 4:5; 10:1; 18:1

Ps 147:15; Da 9:21; Zec 2:3,4; 4:10; Mt 24:27,31; Mr 13:27

one.

19-21; 10:9,13-17; Da 7:9

with.

6; Re 4:7

the colour.

10:9; Ex 39:13; Da 10:6

a wheel.

10:10; Job 9:10; Ps 36:6; 40:5; Ro 11:33; Eph 3:10

and.

9,12; 10:1-11:25; Isa 55:11

they were so.

Job 37:22-24; Ps 77:16-19; 97:2-5; Isa 55:9

rings. or, stakes. full.

10:12; Pr 15:3; Zec 4:10; Re 4:6,8

10:16; Ps 103:20

the spirit.

12; 1Co 14:32

for the.

10:17; Zec 6:1-8

of the living creature. or, of life.

When those went.

19,20; 10:17

of the living creature. or, of life.

Ro 8:2

the likeness.

26; 10:1; Ex 24:10; Job 37:22; Re 4:3,6; 21:11

crystal.The Hebrew {kerach,} which generally denotes ice, doubtless here signifies crystal, ([krystallos,] from [kryos,] cold, ice, and [stellomai,] to concrete,) as it is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate. It is a very large class of silicious minerals, hard, pellucid, naturally colourless, of regularly angular figures, and of simple plates; not flexible, nor elastic, but giving fire with steel; not fermenting by acid menstrua, but calcinable in a strong fire. There are three orders of pure crystal: the first is perfect columnar crystals, with double pyramids, of eighteen planes, in an hexangular pyramid at each end; the second is that of perfect crystals, without a column, of twelve or sixteen planes, in two hexangular pyramids: and the third is that of imperfect crystals, with single pyramids, of ten or twelve planes, in an hexangular or pentangular column. Terrible crystal seems to denote that which was well cut and polished, vividly refracting the rays of light.

their wings.

12,24

which.

11; Job 4:18; Ps 89:7; Lu 17:10

like.

43:2; Re 1:15; 19:6

as the voice.

10:5; Job 37:2,4,5; Ps 18:13; 29:3-9; 68:33

as the noise.

Da 10:6; 2Ki 7:6

and had.

And above.Abp. Newcome judiciously observes, "We need not allegorize the circumstances of this august vision too minutely. Many of them augment the splendour of the scene, while others, no doubt, have much significance; which should be pointed out rather by a correct judgement, than a luxuriant imagination."

22; 10:1

over.

Mt 28:18; Eph 1:21,22; Php 2:9,10; 1Pe 3:22

the likeness of a.

Ps 45:6; Isa 6:1; Da 7:9,10,14; Zec 6:13; Mt 25:13; Heb 1:8; 8:1

Heb 12:2; Re 4:2,3; 5:13; 20:11

as the.

Ex 24:10; Isa 54:11

the appearance of a man.

Ge 32:24-30; Jos 5:13-15; 6:1,2; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; Da 10:18

Re 1:13; 3:21; 14:14

as the colour.

4; 8:2

the appearance of fire.

De 4:24; Ps 50:3; 97:2; 2Th 1:8; Heb 12:29; Re 1:14-16

at the appearance of the bow.

Ge 9:13-16; Isa 54:8-10; Re 4:3; 10:1

This.

8:4; 10:19,20; 43:3; Ex 16:7,10; 24:16; 33:18-23; Nu 12:6-8

1Ki 8:10,11; 1Co 13:12

I fell.

3:23; Ge 17:3; Le 9:24; Da 8:17; 10:7-9,16,17; Mt 17:5,6; Ac 9:4

Re 1:17,18

Ezekiel 10:9-19

behold.

1:15-17

as the.

Da 10:6; Re 21:20

a beryl.{Tarshish} is generally rendered by the LXX. and the Vulgate the chrysolite, so called by the ancients (from [chrusos (chrysos) ,] gold, and [lithos ,] a stone,) because of its fine gold yellow colour. It is now called by the moderns the topaz; is a very beautiful and valuable gem in its pure and perfect state, though very rarely found so; and the finer pieces of it are in hardness second only to the diamond. The Vulgate, however, in ch. 1:16, renders, {quasi visio maris,} "as the appearance of the seas," i.e., azure; and Dr. Geddes (on Ex 28:10) says, that, with {Abarbanel,} he believes the beryl to be intended. It is a pellucid gem, called by our lapidaries, {aqua marina,} of a sea or bluish green colour, found in the East Indies and about the gold mines of Peru. The genuine beryl never receives any other mixture of colour; and in its perfect state approaches the hardness of garnet.

1:16; Ps 36:6; 97:2; 104:24; Ro 11:33

they went upon.

22; 1:17

whither.

1:20; Mt 8:8-10

body. Heb. flesh. were.

1:18; Re 4:6,8

it was cried, etc. or, they were called in my hearing,Wheel, or Galgal.

every.

21; 1:6-10; 1Ki 7:29,36; Re 4:7

the face of a cherub.In ch. 1:10, instead of "the face of a cherub," it is "the face of an ox:" hence a cherub was in the likeness of an ox, at least as to its head. The extraordinary shape of these angelic beings, which appeared to the prophet in vision, is manifestly symbolical; for it is not to be supposed that these heavenly beings are really thus formed. The four faces, wings, and the arms of a man, denote the sublime qualities of these immediate ministers of the Deity; qualities entirely essential to fill up the extent of their duty. The face of a man denotes their intelligence; of a lion, their intrepid courage; of an ox, their patience and perseverance in labour; and of an eagle, their great penetration, their sublime sight into heavenly things, and their readiness to rise up into all that is great and divine. The wings being stretched out, signifies their readiness and rapidity in obeying the commands of their Master; the wings bent down, denotes their profound respect before the Lord of the Universe; and the man's arms under the wings, shew that zeal produces application and labour.

lifted.

18,19; 8:6; 11:22; Ho 9:12

This.

20; 1:5,13,14; 43:3

1:19-21

for.

1:12,20,21

of the living creature. or, of life.

Ge 2:7; Ro 8:2; Re 11:11

the glory.

4; 7:20-22; Ps 78:60,61; Jer 6:8; 7:12-14; Ho 9:12; Mt 23:37-39

and stood.