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Ezekiel 1:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezekiel 1:5

Verse 5 of 28

Scripture focus

Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness of four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

Ezekiel 1:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 1:5

Theological / Devotional

Likeness. The prophet is shown beings he has never beheld before and with which his hearers and readers were unfamiliar. He must describe them in terms understood by men. His feelings of inadequacy are indicated by his frequent use of the term “likeness.” The word appears 10 times in ch. 1.

Of a man. With all the strange variety of details yet to be described, the chief impression was that the living creatures had a human form. They stood and moved upright like men.

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