144,000 Sealed

1After† these things I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2And I saw another angel having ascended from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God. And he cried in a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to them to harm the earth and the sea, 3saying, “Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

4And I heard the number of those having been sealed, a hundred forty-four thousand having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:

5Out of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand having been sealed,

out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand,

out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

6out of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand,

out of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand,

out of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

7out of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand,

out of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand,

out of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

8out of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand,

out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand,

out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand having been sealed.

Praise from the Great Multitude

9After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no one was able to number it, out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out in a loud voice, saying:

“Salvation to our God,

the One sitting on the throne,

and to the Lamb!”

11And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces and worshiped God, 12saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength to our God, to the ages of the ages! Amen.”

13And one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These having been clothed with the white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?”

14And I said to him, “My lord, you know.”

And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Because of this,

they are before the throne of God,

and they serve Him day and night in His temple;

and the One sitting on the throne

will tabernacle over them.

16‘They will not hunger anymore,

nor will they thirst anymore,

nor shall the sun at all fall upon them,

nor any scorching heat,’†

17because the Lamb in the middle of the throne

will shepherd them,†

‘and He will lead them to fountains living of waters,’†

and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’†”

Footnotes:

1 BYZ and TR And after
16 Isaiah 49:10
17 See Psalm 23:1.
17 Isaiah 49:10
17 Isaiah 25:8