1 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
5 of
the tribe of Judah twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Reuben twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Gad twelve thousand
were
sealed;
6 of
the tribe of Asher twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Naphtali twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Manasseh twelve thousand
were
sealed;
7 of
the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Levi twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Issachar twelve thousand
were
sealed;
8 of
the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Joseph twelve thousand
were
sealed;
of the tribe of
Benjamin twelve thousand
were
sealed.