Revelation
Chapters 7:1-5
New English Translation
1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.
2Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea:
3“Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
4Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel:
5From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed,from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand,from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,