The Sealing of the 144,000

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east[a], holding the seal of the living God, and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels who were given permission[b] to damage the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the slaves of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of the ones who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed,

from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Simeon,[c] twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 7:2 Literally “from the rising of the sun”
  2. Revelation 7:2 Literally “to whom was granted to them”
  3. Revelation 7:7 Or “Symeon,” an alternate spelling of the Greek form of the name

After meta this houtos I saw four tessares angels angelos standing histēmi at epi the ho four tessares corners gōnia of the ho earth holding back krateō the ho four tessares winds anemos of the ho earth , so that hina no wind anemos could blow pneō on epi the ho earth or mēte on epi the ho sea thalassa or mēte against epi any pas tree dendron. Then kai I saw another allos angel angelos ascending anabainō from apo the rising anatolē of the sun hēlios, with echō the seal sphragis of the living zaō God theos. And kai he called out krazō in a loud megas voice phōnē to the ho four tessares angels angelos who hos had been given didōmi power to harm adikeō the ho earth and kai the ho sea thalassa, saying legō, “ Do not harm adikeō the ho earth or mēte the ho sea thalassa or mēte the ho trees dendron until achri we have sealed sphragizō the ho servants of ho our hēmeis God theos on epi · ho their autos foreheads metōpon.”

And kai I heard akouō the ho number arithmos of those ho who were sealed sphragizō, one hundred hekaton forty-four tesserakonta tessares thousand chilias, sealed sphragizō from ek every pas tribe phylē of the sons hyios of Israel Israēl: from ek the tribe phylē of Judah Ioudas twelve dōdeka thousand chilias sealed sphragizō, from ek the tribe phylē of Reuben Rhoubēn twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Gad Gad twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Asher Asēr twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Naphtali Nephthalim twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Manasseh Manassēs twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Simeon Symeōn twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Levi Leui twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Issachar Issachar twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Zebulun Zaboulōn twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Joseph Iōsēph twelve dōdeka thousand chilias, from ek the tribe phylē of Benjamin Beniamin twelve dōdeka thousand chilias sealed sphragizō.

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