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Revelation 21:12–21

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12It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,r and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.s 13There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14The wall of the city had twelve foundations,t and on them were the names of the twelve apostlesu of the Lamb.

15The angel who talked with me had a measuring rodv of gold to measure the city, its gatesw and its walls. 16The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadiac in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17The angel measured the wall using humanx measurement, and it was 144 cubitsd thick.e 18The wall was made of jasper,y and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.z 19The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.a The first foundation was jasper,b the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,c the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.f 21The twelve gatesd were twelve pearls,e each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.f

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Footnotes

  1. cThat is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers
  2. dThat is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
  3. eOr high
  4. fThe precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

Cross references

  1. rver 15, 21, 25; Rev 22:14
  2. sEze 48:30–34
  3. tSee Eph 2:20; Heb 11:10
  4. uAc 1:26; Eph 2:20
  5. vEze 40:3; Rev 11:1
  6. wSee ver 12
  7. xRev 13:18
  8. ySee ver 11
  9. zver 21
  10. aEx 28:17–20; Isa 54:11, 12; Eze 28:13
  11. bSee ver 11
  12. cRev 4:3
  13. dSee ver 12
  14. eIsa 54:12
  15. fver 18