The 144,000 of Israel Sealed
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After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back u the four winds of the earth, v that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.
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Then I saw another angel ascending w from the rising of the sun, with x the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,
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saying, y "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God z on their foreheads."
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And a I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
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12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
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12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
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12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
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12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 49:36
And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of Elam shall not come.
Daniel 7:2
Daniel declared, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
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Cross References
Revelation 7:3
Saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
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Cross References
Revelation 16:12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
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Cross References
Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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Cross References
Revelation 6:6
And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!
Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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Cross References
Revelation 14:1
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.
Revelation 13:16
Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead.
Ezekiel 3:8 - 9
Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
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Cross References
Revelation 9:16
The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
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