Revelation 7:3-8

The 144,000 of Israel Sealed

3 saying, y "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants 1 of our God z on their foreheads." 4 And a I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

5 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
 6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
 7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
 8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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