^{2 Ref} I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

^{3 Ref} saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!"

^{4 Ref} I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel: