Without the city; apparently the holy city Jerusalem, which represents the people of God; signifying that they will be exempted from this awful judgment.

Blood-even unto the horse - bridles; showing the greatness of the slaughter, and of the multitudes who perished.

A thousand and six hundred furlongs; two hundred Roman miles. Some have supposed an allusion to the length of Palestine; others, to the extent of the pope's dominions in Italy. But all such conjectures are uncertain.

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