Revelation 7:3

In context

1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. 2Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, holding the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea: 3“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” 4And I heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand, from every tribe of the sons of Israel — 5from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed; from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;