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# General Information:
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Daniel continues to describe his vision of the court in heaven and the response to the fourth animal that he saw in [Daniel 7:7](./06.md).
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# General Information:
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Most of the text of verses 9-14 is symbolic language with parallel lines that have similar meaning. For this reason, the ULB and UDB present them in poetic form. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# A river of fire flowed out from before him
The quick way in which fire came from the presence of God is spoken of as if it was water flowing in a river. AT: "Fire poured out in front of him like water in a river" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# before him
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The word "him" refers to God, the Ancient of Days from [Daniel 7:9](./09.md).
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# millions
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This probably refers to a large group rather than to a precise number. AT: "thousands of thousands" or "great numbers of people"
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# one hundred million
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This probably refers to a large group rather than to a precise number. AT: "tens of thousands times tens of thousands" or "uncountable numbers of people"
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# The court was in session
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This means that God, the judge, was ready to investigate the evidence and make his judgment. AT: "The judge was ready to judge" or "The judge was seated"
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# the books were opened
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These are the books that contain the evidence to be used in court. AT: "the books of evidence were opened"