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I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
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A Countless Heavenly Host
Scholars unanimously agree that the numbers 'ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands' are not a literal census. Instead, drawing from Old Testament imagery like in Daniel 7:10, these figures are used to convey an innumerable, unimaginably vast multitude of angels. The sheer scale of this angelic choir emphasizes the immense glory and honor due to the Lamb.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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19th Century
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17th Century
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