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Num 1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
The images of the ox and the lion represent the tribes of Ephraim and Judah respectively. God instructed Moses to have the tribes camp about the Tabernacle and the Levites, towards its four sides. The tribes were divided into four groups of three tribes each. One tribe was the lead tribe of the three and its banner (standard, ensign) represented those three tribes. Judah was set to the East and represented Issachar and Zebulun with the banner of the lion. Reuben was set to the South and represented Simeon and Gad with the banner of the face of man. Ephraim was set to the West and represented Manasseh and Benjamin with the banner of the ox. Dan was set to the North and represented Asher and Naphtali with the banner of the eagle. Numbers 2:1-31Judah = Lion Ephraim = Ox Dan = Eagle Reuben = Face of a man
Eze 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Rev 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Rev 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
