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And I saw a beast rising from the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.
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And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, its feet like a bear's, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave it his power, his throne, and great authority.
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And one of its heads appeared as having been slaughtered to death, but its mortal wound was restored. And the whole earth marveled and followed after the beast.
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And they bowed before the dragon because he gave authority to the beast, and they bowed before the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? And who is able to make war with it?"
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And a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies was given to it, and authority was given to act forty-two months.
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And it opened its mouth in blasphemies against Elohim, to blaspheme His Name and His Dwelling - those dwelling in the heavens.
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And it was given to it to make war with the set-apart ones and overcome them, and authority was given to it over every tribe, people, tongue, and nation.
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And all those dwelling upon the earth shall bow before it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the sefer of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.
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If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
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If anyone is for captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, by the sword he must be killed. Here is the endurance and trust of the set-apart ones.
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And I saw another beast rising from the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.
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And it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it, and causes the earth and those dwelling in it to bow before the first beast, whose mortal wound was restored.
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And it does great signs, even making fire descend from the heavens to the earth before Adam.
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And it deceives those dwelling upon the earth because of the signs it was given to do before the beast, telling those dwelling upon the earth to make an image to the beast which had the wound of the sword and lived.
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And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would both speak and cause as many as would not bow before the image of the beast to be killed.
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And it causes all - the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the servants - to receive a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead,
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so that no one may buy or sell except the one having the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
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Here is wisdom. Let the one having understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of an Adam; and its number is six hundred sixty-six.