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And I stoodupon the sand of the sea,andsaw a beast rise up out of the sea,havingsevenheadsandtenhorns,anduponhishornstencrowns,anduponhisheads the name of blasphemy.
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And the beastwhich I sawwaslike unto a leopard,andhisfeet were as the feet of a bear,andhismouthas the mouth of a lion:and the dragongavehimhispower,andhisseat,andgreatauthority.
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And they worshipped the dragonwhichgavepower unto the beast:and they worshipped the beast,saying, Who is like unto the beast?who is able to make warwithhim?
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He thatleadeth into captivity shall gointocaptivity: he thatkillethwith the swordmust be killedwith the sword.Hereis the patienceand the faith of the saints.
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And he exercisethall the power of the firstbeastbeforehim,andcauseth the earthand them which dwelltherein*toworship the firstbeast,whose*deadlywound was healed.
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Anddeceiveth them that dwellon the earthby the means of those miracleswhichhe had power to do in the sight of the beast;saying to them that dwellon the earth, that they should make an image to the beast,whichhad the wound by a sword,and did live.
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Andhe had power to givelife unto the image of the beast,that the image of the beastshouldbothspeak, andcause that as many aswould*notworship the image of the beast should be killed*.
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Hereiswisdom. Let him that hathunderstandingcount the number of the beast:for it is the number of a man;andhisnumber is Six hundred threescore and six.