And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
The Prophet says plainly: each had four heads and four wings. Many imagine far more by multiplying them together or extending them wildly, but his words do not warrant it. One animal, one set of four heads, one set of four wings. The context will make this clear.
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These visions filled Ezekiel with exalted thoughts of the God he served, securing him for his work and arming him with power to speak what God would do. They struck terror into the secure sinners of Zion who mocked the prophets, showing them our God is a consuming fire; and they comforted the godly captives in Babylon, assuring them their God dwelt among them still.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 1:4-14
Some rabbis multiply the faces and wings in monstrous fashion, claiming sixty-four faces or two hundred fifty-six wings per creature. But the text does not say "only four", Isaiah's seraphim had six, and Ezekiel's creatures had more than four as well, as later verses show. No contradiction; plain reading suffices.
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