Revelation 6:3-5

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³ When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, “Come!”^{[a] 4} And out came^[b] another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another, and he was given a great sword.^(A)

⁵ When he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come!”^[c] I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand,^(B)