And I saw lying in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written on both sides and closely sealed with seven seals.

"Injure neither land nor sea nor trees," he said, "until we have sealed the bondservants of our God upon their foreheads."

When the sealing was finished, I heard how many were sealed out of the tribes of the descendants of Israel. They were 144,000.

Of the tribe of Judah, 12,000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Reuben, 12,000; Of the tribe of Gad, 12,000;