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Then there was given to me a ^(F1)(C1)measuring rod like a staff; ^(F2)and ^(C2)someone said, "Get up and measure the ^(F3)temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

"^(F1)Leave out the ^(C1)courtyard which is outside the ^(F2)temple and do not measure it, because ^(C2)it has been given to the nations; and they will ^(C2)trample ^(C3)the holy city for ^(C4)forty-two months.

"And I will grant authority to my two ^(C1)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(C2)1,260 days, clothed in ^(C3)sackcloth."

These are the ^(C1)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

And if anyone wants to harm them, ^(C1)fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and so if anyone wants to harm them, ^(C2)he must be killed in this way.

These have the power to ^(C1)shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(C2)the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to ^(C3)turn them into blood, and ^(C4)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

When they have finished their testimony, ^(C1)the beast that comes up out of the ^(C2)abyss will ^(C3)make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.

And their dead bodies will lie on the street of the ^(C1)great city which ^(F1)spiritually is called ^(C2)Sodom and ^(C3)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

Those from ^(C1)the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead ^(F1)bodies for three and a half days, and ^(F2)(C2)will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

And ^(C1)those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will ^(C2)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(C1)those who live on the earth.

And after the three and a half days, ^(C1)the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them.

And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "^(C1)Come up here." And they ^(C2)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.