Revelation 7:2-4

New King James Version

² Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, ³ saying, ^(A)“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God ^(B)on their foreheads.” ^4 (C)And I heard the number of those who were sealed. ^(D)One hundred and forty-four thousand ^(E)of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed: