Ezekiel 1:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 Human hands were under their wings, and the wings of one touched those of another.(A) 9 Their faces and their wings looked out on all their four sides; they did not turn when they moved, but each went straight ahead.(B)
10 [a]Their faces were like this:(C) each of the four had a human face, and on the right the face of a lion, and on the left, the face of an ox, and each had the face of an eagle.
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- 1:10 The four faces together represent animate creation: wild animals, domesticated livestock, birds, and human beings. Christian tradition associates them with the four evangelists: the lion with Mark, the ox with Luke, the eagle with John, and the man with Matthew.
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