JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="nextAll">
  <span>1</span><span>2</span><span>3</span><span>4</span><span>5</span><span>6</span><span>7</span>
</div>

<div class="multipleNext">
  <span>1</span><span>2</span><span>3</span><span>4</span><span>5</span><span>6</span><span>7</span>
</div>

CSS

.selected {
  color: #f00;
}

JavaScript

$('div.nextAll span:first').nextAll().eq(3).addClass('selected');

$('div.multipleNext span:first').next().next().next().next().addClass('selected');