3. saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
4. Then I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
5. Twelve thousand from the tribe of Judah were sealed,twelve throusand from the tribe of Reuben were sealed,twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad were sealed,
6. twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher were sealed,twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali were sealed,twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh were sealed,
7. twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon were sealed,twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi were sealed,twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar were sealed,
8. twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun were sealed,twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph were sealed,and twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
9. Then I looked. And there was a great multitude which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.