having the Seal of the living God. And he cried out, in a great voice,
to the four Angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
saying: «Do no harm to the earth, nor to the sea, nor to the trees,
until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.» And I heard
the number of those who were sealed: one hundred and forty-four
thousand sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. From the
tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed. From the tribe of Ruben,
twelve thousand were sealed. From the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand
were sealed. From the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand were sealed.
From the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand were sealed. From the
tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand were sealed. From the tribe of
Simeon, twelve thousand were sealed. From the tribe of Levi, twelve
thousand were sealed. From the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand were
sealed. From the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand were sealed. From
the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand were sealed. From the tribe of
Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed. After these things, I saw a
great crowd, which no one could number, from all the nations and
tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and in
sight of the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their
hands...»
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