1 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 earth or sea or against any tree. 2 I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea, 3 saying, "Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have marked the servants 1 of our God with a seal on their foreheads." 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the people of Israel: A15 From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed, A2from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, A2from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, A16 from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, A2from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, A2from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, A17 from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, A2from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, A2from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, A18 from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, A2from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, A2from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand sealed.