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Revelation 7:3-5
New English Translation
Revelation 7:3-5
New English Translation
3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants[a] of our God.” 4 Now[b] I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal,[c] 144,000, sealed from all[d] the tribes of the people of Israel:[e]
5 From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,
Footnotes
- Revelation 7:3 tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.
- Revelation 7:4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.
- Revelation 7:4 tn Grk “who were sealed.”
- Revelation 7:4 tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.
- Revelation 7:4 tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the expression in this context to refer to Christians rather than ethnic Israelites.
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