Revelation 7:4

7:4 Now ¹  I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, ²  one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all ³  the tribes of the people of Israel: ⁴ 

Revelation 9:16

9:16 The ⁵  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ⁶  I heard their number.

[7:4]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.

[7:4]  ² tn Grk “who were sealed.”

[7:4]  ³ tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.

[7:4]  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.

[9:16]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “twenty thousand of ten thousands.”