And (A)I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

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

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

After this I looked, and behold, (B)a great multitude that no one could number, (C)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (D)clothed in white robes, with (E)palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, (F)“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and (G)the four living creatures, and they (H)fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 (I)saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, (J)clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of (K)the great tribulation. (L)They have washed their robes and (M)made them white (N)in the blood of the Lamb.

15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and (O)serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne (P)will shelter them with his presence.
16 (Q)They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    (R)the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne (S)will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of (T)living water,
and (U)God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, (A)Elizur the son of Shedeur; from Simeon, (B)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; from Judah, (C)Nahshon the son of Amminadab; from Issachar, (D)Nethanel the son of Zuar; from Zebulun, (E)Eliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, (F)Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, (G)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, (H)Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12 from Dan, (I)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, (J)Pagiel the son of Ochran; 14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of (K)Deuel; 15 from Naphtali, (L)Ahira the son of Enan.”

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