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-# Connecting Statement:
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-The Lamb opens the seventh seal.
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 # the seventh seal
 
-This is the last of the seven seals on the scroll. Alternate translation: "the next seal" or "the final seal" or "seal number seven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])
+"the next seal" or "the final seal" or "seal number seven"