⁶ Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women,^(A) but do not come near anyone who has the mark.^(B) Begin at my sanctuary.’^(C) So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

¹⁰ And don’t grumble^(A) as some of them did,^[a](B) and were killed by the destroyer.^[b](C)

³ ‘Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees^(A) until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.’^(B)