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When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of the saints. They sang a new song:

“You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals,
    because you were slaughtered.
With your blood you purchased us[a] for God
    from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
10 You made us[b] a kingdom and priests for our God,
    and they will reign on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 5:9 Some MSS lack us
  2. Revelation 5:10 Some MSS read them

And when he had taken it, the four living creatures(A) and the twenty-four elders(B) fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp(C) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers(D) of God’s people. And they sang a new song, saying:(E)

“You are worthy(F) to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood(G) you purchased(H) for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.(I)
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests(J) to serve our God,
    and they will reign[a] on the earth.”(K)

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  1. Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign