NEW TESTAMENT

Revelation 5:1

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I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

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Verse 1. A book written within and without. [1] Books were then skins, membranes, or parchments, and when written on both sides part of the writing appeared, though they were rolled up.—Sealed with seven seals, as containing mysteries and secrets of high importance. Witham.

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