Revelation 7:1-8 ▼

1 After this I saw four angels (messengers) standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

2 And I saw another angel (messenger) ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God {Theou}. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels (messengers) who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

3 “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants {doulous} of our God {Theou}.

4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel (He wrestles with God):

5 From the tribe of Judah (praise) 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben (behold a son) 12,000, from the tribe of Gad (fortune) 12,000,

6 from the tribe of Asher (happy) 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali (my struggle) 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) 12,000,

7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi (attached to) 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar (there is reward) 12,000,

8 from the tribe of Zebulun (exalted house) 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph (he will add) 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin (son of the right hand) 12,000.