Revelation 13:16

And it causes all, the Ketanim (small) and the Gedolim (great), both the oishir (rich) and aniyim (poor), the bnei Chorin (freedmen) and avadim (slaves), that to them should be given a tav (mark) on the yamin (right hand) and on the metsakh (forehead) of them, + 13:16 Ezek 9:4

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

In Context

15And it was given to it to give breath to the Atzav (idol, image, PESEL) of the Chayyah (Anti-Moshiach) that the Atzav (idol, image) of the Chayyah might even speak and might cause that as many as would not worship the Atzav (idol, image) of the Chayyah (Beast, Anti-Moshiach) to be killed and to die al kiddush ha-Shem. + 13:15 Dan 3:3-6

17And that no one should be able to buy or to sell except the one having the tav (mark), the name of the Chayyah (Beast, Anti-Moshiach) or the number of its name.

Read all of Revelation 13

Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for an ot upon thine hand, and they shall be as totafos (ornaments) + 6:8 Ex 13:16 , Shabbos 57a between thine eyes.

2 Chronicles 15:13That whosoever would not seek Hashem Elohei Yisroel should be put to death, whether katan or gadol, whether ish or isha.

Psalms 49:2Hear this, kol HaAmim; 1 give ear, all ye inhabitants of the cheled (world, duration): 1

Ezekiel 9:4And Hashem said unto him, Go through the midst of the Ir, through the midst of Yerushalayim, and put a TAV upon the mitzekhot (foreheads) of the anashim that grieve and lament for kol hato'evot that are being done in the midst thereof.

Acts 26:22To this day I have obtained ezer (help) from Hashem, to stand and give solemn edut (testimony) before both ketanim and Gedolim, testifying about nothing beyond the Orthodox Jewish faith based on what the Nevi'im and Moshe Rabbenu said would happen:

Galatians 3:28There is not Yehudi nor Yevani (Greek), there is not eved (servant) nor Ben Chorin (freedman), there is not zachar (male) nor nekevah (female), for you are all echad in Moshiach Yehoshua.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:12-18

The Second Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Revelation 13:16