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In the firstyear of Belshazzarking of BabylonDanielsaw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dreamdown and related the following summary of it.
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"The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I keptlookinguntil* its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a humanmind also was given to it.
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"And behold, anotherbeast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on oneside, and threeribs were in its mouthbetween its teeth; and thus they said to it, 'Arise, devourmuchmeat!'
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"Afterthis I keptlooking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its backfourwings of a bird; the beast also had fourheads, and dominion was given to it.
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"Afterthis I keptlooking in the nightvisions, and behold, a fourthbeast, dreadful and terrifying and extremelystrong; and it had largeironteeth. It devoured and crushed and trampleddown the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had tenhorns.
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"While I was contemplating the horns, behold, anotherhorn, a littleone, came up among them, and three of the firsthorns were pulled out by the rootsbefore* it; and behold, thishorn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouthutteringgreat boasts.