Revelation 5:6

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Summary

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

In the midst of the throne

Revelation 4:4

Seven horns

Seven eyes

2 Chronicles 16:9

Zechariah 3:9

Zechariah 4:10

The seven spirits

Revelation 4:5

General references

Bible References

In the midst of the throne

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.

Seven horns

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."

And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and shall devotetheir gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.

His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

Seven eyes

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars."

For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. "These seven are the eyes of the LORD, which range through the whole earth."

The seven spirits

From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God,

General references

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.

one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,