7 Yaltabaoth, however, possessed a multitude «12» of faces — more than all the others — so that when among the seraphs he was able put on any face in front of all of them as he wished. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 11:7
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Apocryphon of John 17:6–8
6 Then the chief archon polluted her, and he begot with her two sons, the first and the second: Eloim and Yave. (APJ) 7 Eloim has the face of a bear, but Yave has the face of a cat. (APJ) 8 The one is just, but the other is unjust. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 11:2–4
2 He further shared his fire with them, but he did not dispatch from the power of the light he had procured from his mother, because he is ignorant darkness, and when the light had combined with the darkness, it made the darkness shine, and when the darkness ha… (APJ)
Ezekiel 1:5–7
5 and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form, 6 but each had four faces and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronz…
Ezekiel 10:20–22
20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim. 21 Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings. 22 Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by…
Ezekiel 1:10–12
10 The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle. 11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the… 12 …
Apocryphon of John 9:7–9
7 She thrust him away from her, outside those places, so that none of the immortal ones could see him, because she had created him in ignorance. (APJ) 8 She also surrounded him with a shining cloud, and she erected a throne in the midst of the cloud, so that none could… (APJ) 9 … (APJ)
Ezekiel 10:13–15
13 I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.” 14 Each of the cherubim 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. 15 Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the l…
Isaiah 6:1–3
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and…
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