《启示录》第十三章十八节说：“这里有智慧；拥有聪慧的，可以计算兽的数目：因为这是人的数目，他的数目是六百六十六。”
同一章第五节说：“又赐给他说夸大话亵渎话的口；又有权柄赐予他，可以任意而行四十二个月。”
法文字母按照希伯来文字母数值排列起来，其前九个字母表示个位，而其余字母表示十位，就得出下列意义：

a: 1; b: 2; c: 3; d: 4; e: 5; f: 6; g: 7; h: 8; i: 9; k: 10; l: 20; m: 30; n: 40; o: 50; p: 60; q: 70; r: 80; s: 90; t: 100; u: 110; v: 120; w: 130; x: 140; y: 150; z: 160.

根据这个字母表，把词l'empereur　Napoléon①的字母换成数字，其总和为六百六十六，所以，拿破仑就是《启示录》中预言的那只兽。

In chapter 13, verse 18, of the Apocalypse, it is said: “This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six.”

And in the fifth verse of the same chapter: “The beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.”

The French alphabet, written out with the same numerical values as the Hebrew, in which the first nine letters denote units and the others tens, will have the following significance:

a: 1; b: 2; c: 3; d: 4; e: 5; f: 6; g: 7; h: 8; i: 9; k: 10; l: 20; m: 30; n: 40; o: 50; p: 60; q: 70; r: 80; s: 90; t: 100; u: 110; v: 120; w: 130; x: 140; y: 150; z: 160.

Writing the words L’Empereur Napoléon in numbers, it appears that the sum of them is 666, and that Napoleon was therefore the beast foretold in the Apocalypse.

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