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¹ And after these things I saw four angels, who stood on the four corners of the earth; and they held the four winds of the earth, so that the wind blew not on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on the trees.² And I saw another angel, and he came up from the rising of the sun; and he had the seal of the living God; and he called out, with a loud voice, to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying:³ Hurt ye not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we shall have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.⁴ And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed from every tribe of Israelites.⁵ Of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed: of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand:⁶ of the tribe of Ashur, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand:⁷ of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand:⁸ of the tribe of Zebulon, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand.⁹ And after these things, I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no one could number, from all kindreds, and nations, and tribes, and tongues; who stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands;¹⁰ and they cried, with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, to him who sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb.¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne and the Elders and the four Animals; and they fell upon their faces before his throne, and worshipped God,¹² 12 saying: Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, [fn] to our God, for ever and ever: Amen.