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17 Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick[a] (according to the human standard used by the angel).

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  1. 21:17 Greek 144 cubits [65 meters].

18 Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] His number is 666.[b]

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  1. 13:18a Or of humanity.
  2. 13:18b Some manuscripts read 616.

And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God—144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:

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11 (King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide.[a] It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

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  1. 3:11 Hebrew 9 cubits [4.1 meters] long and 4 cubits [1.8 meters] wide.

Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come with me! I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

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This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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