3. “Don’t harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
4. I heard how many were sealed: 144,000. Those who were sealed were from every tribe of the people of Israel:
5. 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
6. 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
7. 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,12,000 from the tribe of Levi,12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
8. 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
9. After these things I saw a large crowd from every nation, tribe, people, and language. No one was able to count how many people there were. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb. They were wearing white robes, holding palm branches in their hands,
10. and crying out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!”
11. All the angels stood around the throne with the leaders and the four living creatures. They bowed in front of the throne with their faces touching the ground, worshiped God,
12. and said,“Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strengthbe to our God forever and ever! Amen!”
13. One of the leaders asked me, “Who are these people wearing white robes, and where did they come from?”