Revelation 6:5 meaning and explanation

And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.

Revelation 6:5, Berean Standard Bible

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John, exiled on Patmos, watches the risen Lamb open the seals of a scroll, and at the third seal a living creature calls a black horse forward. Its rider holds a pair of scales, a balance for weighing grain.

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