And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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Verse 17 is found in chapter 13 of Revelation. The second beast promotes an image of the first and pressures the inhabitants of the earth to worship it. Those who refuse are excluded from the economic system represented by buying and selling. The number of the beast, six hundred sixty-six, is presented as the number of a man and requires wisdom to calculate. The text does not explicitly provide a unique identification in modern terms; its literary function is connected with the identity, authority, and human pretensions represented by the beast.
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daß niemand kaufen oder verkaufen kann, er habe denn das Malzeichen, nämlich den Namen des Tiers oder die Zahl seines Namens.
Y que ninguno pudiese comprar o vender, sino el que tuviera la señal, o el nombre de la bestia, o el número de su nombre.
et que personne ne pût acheter ni vendre, sans avoir la marque, le nom de la bête ou le nombre de son nom.
e che niuno potesse comperare, o vendere, se non chi avesse il marchio, o il nome della bestia, o il numero del suo nome.
Para que ninguém possa comprar ou vender, senão aquele que tiver o sinal, ou o nome da besta, ou o número do seu nome.
這樣,除了那有印記,有獸的名或有獸名數字的,都不得買或賣。
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