the position taken by the twelve tribes came from a prophecy and a curse which appear in the 13th and 14th chapters of the revelation : `` he ( the antichrist ) causes all , both small and great , rich and poor , free and bond , to receive a mark in their right hand , or in their foreheads , so that no one might buy or sell , save he that had the mark , or the name of the beast , or the number of his name . ''