1After this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, grasping the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.2And I saw another angel ascending from the east of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea.3saying, "Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads."4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel.5From the tribe of Judas twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand.6From the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand.7From the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand.8From the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.