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16 The second beast[a] forces all people—important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves—to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast’s name or the number of its name.

18 In this case wisdom is needed: Let the person who has understanding[b] calculate[c] the total[d] of the beast, since it is a human multitude,[e] and the sum of the multitude[f] is 600, 60, and six.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:16 Lit. It
  2. Revelation 13:18 Lit. has a mind
  3. Revelation 13:18 Or decide
  4. Revelation 13:18 Or the multitude
  5. Revelation 13:18 Or is a multitude of a man; or is the number of a human being
  6. Revelation 13:18 Or total number
  7. Revelation 13:18 Other mss. read 616; some scholars suggest that the Gk. letters χ, ξ, and ς (totaling 666) may resemble the proto-Arabic term for “in the name of Allah”