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Revelation 21:14–27

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14And the wall of the city had atwelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the btwelve apostles of the Lamb.

15The one who spoke with me had a 1gold measuring arod to measure the city, and its bgates and its wall.

16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the 1rod, 2fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

17And he measured its wall, 1seventy-two yards, according to ahuman 2measurements, which are also bangelic measurements.

18The material of the wall was ajasper; and the city was bpure gold, like 1clear cglass.

19aThe foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was bjasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, cemerald;

20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, asardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

21And the twelve agates were twelve bpearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was cpure gold, like transparent dglass.

22I saw ano 1temple in it, for the bLord God the Almighty and the cLamb are its temple.

23And the city ahas no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for bthe glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the cLamb.

24aThe nations will walk by its light, and the bkings of the earth 1will bring their glory into it.

25In the daytime (for athere will be no night there) bits gates cwill never be closed;

26and athey will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;

27and anothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those 1whose names are bwritten in the Lamb’s book of life.

Read in Logos
Revelation 21:23: And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Footnotes

  1. 1Lit measure, a gold reed
  2. 1Lit reed
  3. 2Lit twelve thousand stadia; a stadion was approx 600 ft
  4. 1Lit one hundred forty-four cubits
  5. 2Lit measure
  6. 1Lit pure
  7. 1Or sanctuary
  8. 1Lit bring
  9. 1Lit who have been

Cross references

  1. aHeb 11:10
  2. bActs 1:26
  3. aEzek 40:3; Rev 11:1
  4. bRev 21:12, 21, 25
  5. aDeut 3:11; Rev 13:18
  6. bRev 21:9
  7. aRev 21:11
  8. bRev 21:21
  9. cRev 4:6
  10. aEx 28:17–20; Is 54:11f; Ezek 28:13
  11. bRev 21:11
  12. cRev 4:3
  13. aRev 4:3
  14. aRev 21:12, 15, 25
  15. bRev 17:4
  16. cRev 21:18
  17. dRev 4:6
  18. aMatt 24:2; John 4:21
  19. bRev 1:8
  20. cRev 5:6; 7:17; 14:4
  21. aIs 24:23; 60:19, 20; Rev 21:25; 22:5
  22. bRev 21:11
  23. cRev 5:6; 7:17; 14:4
  24. aIs 60:3, 5
  25. bPs 72:10f; Is 49:23; 60:16; Rev 21:26
  26. aZech 14:7; Rev 21:23; 22:5
  27. bRev 21:12, 15
  28. cIs 60:11
  29. aPs 72:10f; Is 49:23; 60:16
  30. aIs 52:1; Ezek 44:9; Zech 14:21; Rev 22:14f
  31. bRev 3:5