Revelation 4 Cross References - BBE

¹ After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come. ² Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it; ³ And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald. ⁴ And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold. ⁵ And out of the high seat came flames and voices and thunders. And seven lights of fire were burning before the high seat, which are the seven Spirits of God; ⁶ And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about. ⁷ And the first beast was like a lion, and the second like an ox, and the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. ⁸ And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come. ⁹ And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever, ¹⁰ The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying, ¹¹ It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.

¹ Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.

²⁴ And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

¹² And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.

² And be ready by the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai, and come before me there in the morning, on the top of the mountain. ³ No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.

¹⁶ And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

¹⁰ And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

²¹ Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

¹³ However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.

⁵⁶ And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

¹¹ And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John; ² Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw. ³ A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and a great voice at my back, as of a horn, came to my ears,

¹⁹ Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these;

¹² And a great voice from heaven came to their ears, saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and were seen by those desiring their death.

¹⁷ And the seventh let what was in his vessel come out on the air; and there came out a great voice from the house of God, from the high seat, saying, It is done.

⁶ And he said to me, These words are certain and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to make clear to his servants the things which are now to come about.

¹⁹ And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.

¹ In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.

¹² A seat of glory, placed on high from the first, is our holy place.

²⁶ And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.

²⁸ Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

¹² Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place. ¹³ And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing. ¹⁴ And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

¹ Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

⁹ I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.

¹ Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

²¹ To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

⁵ And out of the high seat came flames and voices and thunders. And seven lights of fire were burning before the high seat, which are the seven Spirits of God;

⁹ And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,

¹ And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.

⁶ And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. ⁷ And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat.

¹³ And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.

¹⁶ And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

⁹ After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands, ¹⁰ Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb. ¹¹ And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying, ¹² So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it. ¹³ And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from? ¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them. ¹⁶ They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun: ¹⁷ For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.

⁵ And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.

³ And he took me away in the Spirit into a waste land: and I saw a woman seated on a bright red beast, full of evil names, having seven heads and ten horns,

⁴ And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord.

¹¹ And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.

⁵ And he who is seated on the high seat said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Put it in the book; for these words are certain and true.

¹⁰ And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

¹ And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb, ² In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations. ³ And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him;

¹³ I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth. ¹⁴ And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud, ¹⁵ And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh. ¹⁶ And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.

¹⁰ And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.

¹⁸ The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;

¹¹ In the second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;

⁹ For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you. ¹⁰ For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

¹³ You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.

¹ And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

¹¹ Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass:

¹⁹ The bases of the wall of the town had ornaments of all sorts of beautiful stones. The first base was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; ²⁰ The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

¹⁵ And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.

³ For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

²⁸ And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³⁰ So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

⁸ From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

¹⁰ Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

⁴ But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me. ⁵ He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.

¹⁰ The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,

⁸ And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.

¹⁴ And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.

¹¹ And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.

⁹ After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

¹¹ And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying,

¹³ And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from? ¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁷ And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

¹⁶ And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,

¹⁴ And the armies which are in heaven went after him on white horses, clothed in delicate linen, white and clean.

⁴ And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

⁷ And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

¹⁶ And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

¹⁸ And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

²³ And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.

²⁰ And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;

¹³ The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire. ¹⁴ He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

³⁵ O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.

¹³ And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after the other between the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went thunder-flames.

¹⁶ And the Lord will be thundering from Zion, and his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will be shaking: but the Lord will be a breastplate for his people and a strong place for the children of Israel.

² And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it;

¹¹ And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left? ¹² And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out? ¹³ And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge what these are? And I said, No, my lord. ¹⁴ And he said, These are the two sons of oil, whose place is by the Lord of all the earth.

¹¹ Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

³ And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

⁴ Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all. ⁷ But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good. ⁸ For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit: ⁹ To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit; ¹⁰ And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues: ¹¹ But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

¹⁸ You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind, ¹⁹ And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them: ²⁰ For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them; ²¹ And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear. ²² But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered, ²³ To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete, ²⁴ And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood. ²⁵ See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven? ²⁶ Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven. ²⁷ And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible. ²⁸ If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect: ²⁹ For our God is an all-burning fire.

⁴ John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat;

¹ And to the angel of the church in Sardis say: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I have knowledge of your works, that you seem to be living but are dead.

⁶ And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

⁵ And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

¹⁹ And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.

¹⁷ And the seventh let what was in his vessel come out on the air; and there came out a great voice from the house of God, from the high seat, saying, It is done. ¹⁸ And there were flames and voices and thunders; and there was a great earth-shock so that never, from the time when men were on the earth, had there been so great an earth-shock, so full of power.

⁸ And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.

²³ And he made a great metal water-vessel ten cubits across from edge to edge, five cubits high and thirty cubits round.

¹⁷ Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

⁴ And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum. ⁵ And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man. ⁶ And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings. ⁷ And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass. ⁸ And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides. ⁹ They went without turning, every one went straight forward. ¹⁰ As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle. ¹¹ And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies. ¹² Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning. ¹³ And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after the other between the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went thunder-flames. ¹⁴ And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame. ¹⁵ Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the living beings, for the four of them. ¹⁶ The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and design, and they were like a wheel inside a wheel. ¹⁷ The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side. ¹⁸ And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about. ¹⁹ And when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. ²⁰ Wherever the spirit was to go they went; and the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. ²¹ When these went on, the others went; and when these came to rest, the others came to rest; and when these were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. ²² And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high. ²³ Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side. ²⁴ And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings. ²⁵ And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings. ²⁶ And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high. ²⁷ And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him. ²⁸ Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

¹² And the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about.

¹⁴ And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a winged one, and the second was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

⁸ And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come. ⁹ And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,

¹⁴ And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.

¹⁷ For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.

³ And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.

² And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.

⁷ And one of the four beasts gave to the seven angels seven gold vessels full of the wrath of God, who is living for ever and ever.

¹⁸ And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass.

²¹ And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass.

¹ And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,

⁹ Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

² The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side. ³ Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief. ⁴ The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred. ⁵ And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief. ⁶ The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred. ⁷ After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief. ⁸ The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred. ⁹ The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first. ¹⁰ On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief. ¹¹ The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred. ¹² And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief. ¹³ The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred. ¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief. ¹⁵ The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶ The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second. ¹⁷ Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag. ¹⁸ On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief. ¹⁹ The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred. ²⁰ And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief. ²¹ The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred. ²² Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief. ²³ The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred. ²⁴ The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward third. ²⁵ On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief. ²⁶ The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred. ²⁷ Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief. ²⁸ The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred; ²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali, with Ahira, the son of Enan, as their chief. ³⁰ The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred. ³¹ The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags. ³² These are all who were numbered of the children of Israel, in the order of their fathers' families: all the armies in their tents together came to six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. ³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses. ³⁴ So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.

²⁴ See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

⁹ He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

⁴⁹ The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you;

²³ Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

² Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

³¹ But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

⁸ And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.

¹⁰ As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle.

²¹ Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.

⁴ The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

⁴ Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.

⁹ For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders? ¹⁰ Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

²⁰ My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

⁶ And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.

¹ When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

¹¹ Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?

¹ Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

² Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feed, and two for flight. ³ And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory. ⁴ And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke. ⁵ Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies. ⁶ Then a winged one came to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the altar with the fire-spoon. ⁷ And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin. ⁸ And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me. ⁹ And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser. ¹⁰ Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well. ¹¹ Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste, ¹² And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land. ¹³ And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down the holy seed is the broken end.

⁶ Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

¹ Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

⁶ I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest, ⁷ And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.

⁶ And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

²¹ Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings. ²² As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.

¹⁵ Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.

³¹ So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

¹⁸ And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

⁹ For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

⁸ And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you: ⁹ Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

¹⁶ Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

² Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

⁸ I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

⁷ And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.

⁴ And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold.

¹⁵ This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.

¹⁷ We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom.

¹¹ And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

³ And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.

⁷ And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.

¹⁴ For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.

¹⁵ And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.

²² And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.

¹⁸ The Lord is King for ever and ever.

⁸ God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.

¹⁴ Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.

³⁴ And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.

⁷ Then in my hearing the man clothed in linen, who was over the river, lifting up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, took an oath by him who is living for ever that it would be a time, times, and a half; and when the power of the crusher of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be ended.

⁸ Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

²⁵ So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

¹⁸ And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

¹³ And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever. ¹⁴ And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.

¹¹ And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying, ¹² So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.

⁶ And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:

¹¹ Yours, O Lord, is the strength and the power and the glory, and the authority and the honour: for everything in heaven and on earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are lifted up as head over all. ¹² Wealth and honour come from you, and you are ruler over all, and in your hand is power and strength; it is in your power to make great, and to give strength to all. ¹³ So now, our God, we give you praise, honouring the glory of your name. ¹⁴ But who am I and what is my people, that we have power to give so freely in this way? for all things come from you, and what we have given you is yours. ¹⁵ For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on. ¹⁶ O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours.

²⁰ And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.

³ And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

²⁰ Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,

¹¹ Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants.

⁶ O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.

¹ Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

¹¹ And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

⁹ And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship. ¹⁰ Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

⁵² And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

⁴ What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.

⁸ And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me. ⁹ And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.

¹ At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

¹¹ For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

⁴ He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

⁴ I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

²⁸ Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. ²⁹ Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.

⁵ Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.

³ I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

³ I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

¹ A Psalm. Of David. Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength. ² Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes.

³⁴ Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

⁷ Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. ⁸ Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house.

⁴ The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

²⁶ Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.

²⁸ Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

¹¹ This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

¹⁷ Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:

¹ From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God. ² This Word was from the first in relation with God. ³ All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

¹⁵ Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

²⁴ The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;

³⁶ For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

⁹ And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

¹⁶ For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him; ¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

² But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

¹⁰ You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

² And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

⁹ And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

¹² Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.

⁷ Saying with a loud voice, Have fear of God and give him glory; because the hour of his judging is come; and give worship to him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water.