Revelation 7:8

“Of the tribe of Zabulon [were] sealed twelve thousand, etc.] Which signifies “dwelling”, (<013020>Genesis 30:20); and was the tribe in which Christ had his dwelling, and where he much conversed; and may denote his gracious inhabitation, as well as that of God the Father, md of the Spirit, among the saints and sealed ones. Of the tribe of Joseph [were] sealed twelve thousand; whose name signifies “adding”, (<013024>Genesis 30:24); and may intend the additions both of numbers, and of gifts and graces to the churches of those times. Of the tribe of Benjamin [were] sealed twelve thousand; this word signifies “the Son of the right hand”, (<013518>Genesis 35:18); showing, that these sealed ones…”

“Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand - That is, a selection was made, or a number sealed, as if it had been made from one of the tribes of the children of Israel - the tribe of Judah. If the remarks above made are correct, this refers to the Christian church, and means, in connection with what follows, that each portion of the church would furnish a definite part of the whole number sealed and saved. We are not required to understand this of the exact number of twelve thousand, but that the designation would be made from all parts and branches of the church as if a selection of the true servants of God were made from the whole number of the tribes of Israel. There seems to be no…”

“Of the tribe of Joseph - Or Ephraim; perhaps not mentioned by name, as having been, with Dan, the most idolatrous of all the tribes. It is farther observable of Dan, that it was very early reduced to a single family; which family itself seems to have been cut off in war, before the time of Ezra; for in the Chronicles, where the posterity of the patriarchs is recited, Dan is wholly omitted. Revelation 7:9”