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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 6:5

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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6:5-6 The black horse represents economic and social dysfunction, indicated by scales used in commerce. Rampant inflation is shown by the cost of the staples of life: A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will cost a day’s pay. Yet the prices of luxuries such as oil and wine would remain unchanged. It is an image of social and economic imbalance.
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