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Revelation 7:4

Israel
Protection and safetyIsrael and the nations

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

3 “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

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BSB
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
KJV
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
WEB
I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
ASV
And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
DARBY
And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred [and] forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of [the] sons of Israel:
BLB
And I heard the number of those having been sealed, a hundred forty-four thousand having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:
ÅB
Og jeg hørte tallet på dem som var beseglet: hundre og fire og førti tusen beseglede av alle Israels barns stammer:
OTB
Og jeg hørte tallet på dem som var beseglet: 144 000, beseglet fra alle Israels barns stammer:
B1930
Og jeg hørte tallet på dem som var beseglet: hundre og fire og firti tusen beseglede av alle Israels barns stammer:

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  • Revelation 14:1

    Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

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  • Revelation 14:3

    And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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  • Luke 22:30

    so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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  • Matthew 19:28

    Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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  • Acts 26:7

    the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

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  • Ezekiel 48:31

    the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.

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  • Romans 9:27

    Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

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  • James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

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