428. Verse 4. And I heard the number of those sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.

4. "And I heard the number of those sealed," signifies the quality of those who are in good who are separated from the evil (n. 429); "a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel," signifies all who are in truths from good, and thence in the Lord's church n. 430.