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[And] after this I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth nor on the sea nor upon any tree.
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And I saw another angel rising up from the east, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
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saying, Hurt not the earth nor the sea nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
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And I heard the number of the sealed(a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel;
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out of the tribe of Juda twelve thousand sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand;
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out of the tribe of Aser twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Nepthalim twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasses twelve thousand;
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out of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand;
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out of the tribe of Zabulon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand sealed.
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After these things I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
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and they cry with a loud voice, saying, The salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb.
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And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,
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saying, Amen: The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honour and the power and the strength to our God unto the ages of the ages. [Amen.]
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And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These that are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?
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And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall tabernacle over them.
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They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more nor in any wise shall the sun fall upon them nor any heat.
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For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.