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Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, Diego Velázquez

Revelation 7:6

Diego Velázquez, Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, c. 1618 · National Gallery, London · Public domainDiego Velázquez, Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, c. 1618, National Gallery, London

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Revelation 7:6 (WEB)

of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

Catechism · 1

  • §1138Article 1 · Celebrating the Church's LiturgyRead at vatican.va

    “…(the four living beings), the servants of the Old and New Covenants (the twenty-four elders), the new People of God (the one hundred and forty-four thousand),” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rev 4- 5; 7:1-8; 14:1; Isa 6:2-3.

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  • “This, too, is the reason that this tribe is not reckoned in the Apocalypse along with those which are saved.” — editor's note: Rev. vii. 5–7. [The Danites (though not all) corrupted the Hebrew church and the Levitical priesthood, by image-worship, (Judg. xviii.), and forfeited the…

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  • Revelation 7:6 takes up the words of Joshua 21:6 (8 words in common).

  • Revelation 7:6 takes up the words of Judges 21:10 (8 words in common).

  • Revelation 7:6 takes up the words of 1 Chronicles 6:62 (12 words in common).

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