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A close view of elders lowering their crowns before the throne.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Revelation 4:9-11

Elders cast crowns in worship

The heavenly throne · Revelation 4

Story guide: This close view illustrates the collective worship of the twenty-four elders as they lay their crowns before the Creator.

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9And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanksgiving to the one seated on the throne, to the one who lives forever and ever,

10the twenty-four elders will fall down before the one seated on the throne, and they will worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they will cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

11You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.

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