The Beast from the Sea
1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the 13:1 Lit seaseashore.
Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads were blasphemous names. 4 they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?"
16 And he causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, 13:16 Lit so that they give them a markto be given a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a 13:18 Or humanman; and his number is 13:18 I.e., spelled out in Gr as 600 + 60 + 6; one early ms has the letters for 616six hundred and sixty-six.