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66) \u201cAnd the likeness of their faces was as the face of a man.\u201d These are not as the Cherubim; they are a big face, while Cherubim are a small face, like the face of a child. All the forms are included in the face of a man because they are a big face. Engraved shapes are carved in them, in the engraving of the explicit name in the four directions of the world: east, west, north, and south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

67) Michael inscribed an inscription to the south side, and all three faces\u2014the face of a lion, the face of an ox, and the face of an eagle\u2014look to the face of a man. Man is male and female, and without them he is not called \u201ca man\"4.\u201d The portrayals in the verse, \u201cThe chariots of God are myriads, thousands of Shanan<\/em>,\u201d were portrayed from the face of a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

68) The Shanan<\/em> in the verse includes all the first letters of the words, Shor<\/em> [ox], Nesher<\/em> [eagle], Arie<\/em> [lion]. Nun<\/em> is man, the expansion of male and female that are included as one. Also, all the thousands and tens of thousands come out of these animals in the Shanan<\/em>, and from these forms, they each divide as they should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

69) These are the ones that are incorporated in one another, included in one another, so each will be incorporated in the other, which are ox, eagle, lion, man, conducted by four engraved names, which are the great and terrible God, which rise to be conducted and to observe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

70) He rose to be conducted and to observe means the ox to a face of a man; another name rises, crowns, and is engraved in two colors. This is the name \u201cGod.\u201d Then he retreats and the throne engraves and decorates him, and he is inscribed by it, to be conducted in this name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

71) He rose to be conducted and to observe is an eagle to the face of a man. One name rises, crowns, and is conducted in two faces and colors, to be conducted and to observe by way of ascent in a crown. This is the great name. Then he retreats and the throne engraves and decorates him, and he is inscribed to be conducted by that name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

72) He rose to be conducted and to observe is a lion to the face of a man. A name rises, crowns, and is engraved in two faces and colors, to gird itself and to connect to Gevura<\/em> [might]. This is the name Gibor<\/em> [mighty]. Then he retreats and the throne engraves and decorates him, and he is inscribed to be conducted in that name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

73) The face of a man looks at all the animals and they all rise and look at him. Then they are all portrayed in their engravings in this portrayal in one name, called \u201cthe terrible.\u201d Then it is written about them, \u201cAnd the likeness of their faces was as the face of a man.\u201d They are all included in that form, and that form includes them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

74) This is why the Creator is called \u201cThe great and terrible God,\u201d since these names are corrections above, in the upper Merkava<\/em> [chariot\/assembly], included in the four letters HaVaYaH<\/em>, which is the name that includes all the forms. These forms are engraved and decorated in the throne, and the throne is engraved and decorated with them: one to the right, one to the left, one before, and one behind. They are inscribed in the four directions of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

75) When the throne rises, it is inscribed in these four forms. These four upper names carry this throne and the throne is included in them until it receives and gathers these pleasures and delights. Afterwards, the throne comes down full, like a tree full of braches to every side, full of fruits. Once the throne has come down, these four forms of animals come out, portrayed in their portrayals, engraved and illuminating, sparkling and blazing, and sow a seed over the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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