4. Then I heard how many people were marked with the sign. There were 144,000. They were from every tribe of the people of Israel.
5. From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were marked with the sign,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,
7. from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,from the tribe of Levi 12,000,from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
8. from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
9. Then I looked, and there was a great number of people. There were so many people that no one could count them. They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language of the earth. They were all standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They wore white robes and had palm branches in their hands.
10. They were shouting in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”