3 “Don't harm the earth or the sea or any tree! Wait until I have marked the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
4 Then I heard how many people had been marked on the forehead. There were one hundred and forty-four thousand, and they came from every tribe of Israel:
5 12,000 from Judah,12,000 from Reuben,12,000 from Gad,
6 12,000 from Asher,12,000 from Naphtali,12,000 from Manasseh,
7 12,000 from Simeon,12,000 from Levi,12,000 from Issachar,
8 12,000 from Zebulun,12,000 from Joseph, and12,000 from Benjamin.
9 After this, I saw a large crowd with more people than could be counted. They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood before the throne and before the Lamb. They wore white robes and held palm branches in their hands,