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# Connecting Statement:
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John begins to describe the next part of his vision. There are 144,000 believers standing before the Lamb.
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# General Information:
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The word "I" refers to John.
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# Lamb
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A "lamb" is a young sheep. Here is it used symbolically to refer to Christ. See how you translated this in [Revelation 5:6](../05/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
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# 144,000
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"one hundred forty-four thousand." See how you translated this in [Revelation 7:4](../07/04.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "on whose foreheads the Lamb and his Father had written their names" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# his Father
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This is an important title for God that describes the relationship between God and Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])
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# a voice from heaven
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"a sound from heaven" |