Revelation 7:-8 I heard the count of those who were sealed: 144,000!
They were sealed out of every Tribe of Israel:
12,000 sealed from Judah,
12,000 from Reuben,
12,000 from Gad,
12,000 from Asher,
12,000 from Naphtali,
12,000 from Manasseh,
12,000 from Simeon,
12,000 from Levi,
12,000 from Issachar,
12,000 from Zebulun,
12,000 from Joseph,
12,000 sealed from Benjamin.
Dan and Ephraim not mentioned ... Judah listed first, Benjamin, last ... Levi and Joseph counted when they're absent in other lists.
What's going on here? No one can give a definitive answer. We'll just have to wait.
Sylvia
