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Daniel 7:1

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Belshazzar: Daniel 5:1, Daniel 5:22, Daniel 5:30, Daniel 8:1; Jeremiah 27:7

Daniel: Daniel 2:1, Daniel 2:28-29, Daniel 4:5; Numbers 12:6; Job 33:14-16; Jeremiah 23:28; Joel 2:28; Amos 3:7; Acts 2:17-18

had: Chal, saw

visions: Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:13, Daniel 7:15; Genesis 15:1, Genesis 46:2; Job 4:13; Ezekiel 1:1; 2 Corinthians 12:1

he wrote: Isaiah 8:1, Isaiah 30:8; Habakkuk 2:2; Romans 15:4; Revelation 1:19, Revelation 10:4

matters: or, words

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