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A rider on a black horse holds scales beside grain and intact clay vessels.
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Revelation 6:5-6

Third seal black horse scales and scarcity

The six seals · Revelation 6

Story guide: The third seal opens. A rider carries scales while a voice announces costly grain and commands that oil and wine remain unharmed.

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5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and the one sitting on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

6And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

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