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After this I saw four messengers standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow upon the earth, or sea, or any tree.
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And I saw another messenger ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living Elohim, and he cried with a great voice to the four messengers to whom it was given to harm the earth and sea,
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saying, "Do not harm the earth, or the sea, or the trees, until we seal the servants of our Elohim upon their foreheads."
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And I heard the number of those sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the children of Yisra'el.
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From the tribe of Yehudah twelve thousand sealed; from Reuven twelve thousand; from Gad twelve thousand;
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from Asher twelve thousand; from Naphtali twelve thousand; from Menasheh twelve thousand;
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from Shim'on twelve thousand; from Levi twelve thousand; from Yissakhar twelve thousand;
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from Zevulun twelve thousand; from Yoseph twelve thousand; from Binyamin twelve thousand sealed.
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After these things I saw, and see - a great multitude which no one was able to number, from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white garments, with palm branches in their hands.
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And they cried with a great voice, saying, "Deliverance belongs to our Elohim, the One sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb."
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And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living beings; and they fell upon their faces before the throne and bowed before Elohim,
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saying, "Amein. Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and strength belong to our Elohim to the ages of the ages. Amein."
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And one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These clothed in white garments - who are they, and from where did they come?"
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And I said to him, "My master, you know." And he said to me, "These are those coming out of the great affliction, and they washed their garments and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Because of this they are before the throne of Elohim and serve Him day and night in His Sanctuary, and the One sitting upon the throne shall spread His Dwelling over them.
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They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more, nor shall the sun strike them, nor any scorching heat,
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because the Lamb in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them and guide them to fountains of waters of life, and Elohim shall wipe away every tear from their eyes."