⁴And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son.

⁵And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.

⁶And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed her, a thousand two hundred sixty days.

⁷And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels.

⁸And they prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven.

⁹And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.

¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ: because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused them before our God day and night.

¹¹And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of the testimony: and they loved not their lives unto death.

¹²Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

¹³And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child.

¹⁴And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the desert, unto her place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

¹⁵And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

¹⁶And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

¹⁷And the dragon was angry against the woman: and went to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

¹⁸And he stood upon the sand of the sea.

Chapter 13

And I saw a beast coming up out the sea, having seven heads and ten horns: and upon his horns, ten diadems: and upon his heads, names of blasphemy.

²And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard: and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his own strength and great power.

³And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to death: and his death’s wound was healed. And all the earth was in admiration after the beast.

⁴And they adored the dragon which gave power to the beast. And they adored the beast, saying: Who is like to the beast? And who shall be able to fight with him?

⁵And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do, two and forty months.

⁶And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.

⁷And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And power was given him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

⁸And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb which was slain from the beginning of the world.

⁹If any man have an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰He that shall lead into captivity shall go into captivity: he that shall kill by the sword must be killed by the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹¹And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth: and he had two horns, like a lamb: and he spoke as a dragon.

¹²And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight. And he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first beast, whose wound to death was healed.

¹³And he did great signs, so that he made also fire to come down from heaven unto the earth, in the sight of men.

¹⁴And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived.

¹⁵And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast: and that the image of the beast should speak: and should cause that whosoever will not adore the image of the beast should be slain.

¹⁶And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their foreheads:

¹⁷And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

¹⁸Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.

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