Revelation:7

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* After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth , holding back the four winds of the earth , that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree . * Then I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun , with the seal of the living God , and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea , * saying , "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees , till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads ." * And I heard the number of the sealed , a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed , out of every tribe of the sons of Israel , * twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Judah , twelve thousand of the tribe of Reuben , twelve thousand of the tribe of Gad , * twelve thousand of the tribe of Asher , twelve thousand of the tribe of Naph 'tali , twelve thousand of the tribe of Manas 'seh , * twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon , twelve thousand of the tribe of Levi , twelve thousand of the tribe of Is 'sachar , * twelve thousand of the tribe of Zeb 'ulun , twelve thousand of the tribe of Joseph , twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Benjamin . * After this I looked , and behold , a great multitude which no man could number , from every nation , from all tribes and peoples and tongues , standing before the throne and before the Lamb , clothed in white robes , with palm branches in their hands , * and crying out with a loud voice , "Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne , and to the Lamb !" * And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures , and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God , * saying , "Amen ! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God for ever and ever ! Amen ." * Then one of the elders addressed me , saying , "Who are these , clothed in white robes , and whence have they come ?" * I said to him , "Sir , you know ." And he said to me , "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation ; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb . * Therefore are they before the throne of God , and serve him day and night within his temple ; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence . * They shall hunger no more , neither thirst any more ; the sun shall not strike them , nor any scorching heat . * For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd , and he will guide them to springs of living water ; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes ."

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