²⁰ He measured it on the four sides. It had ^(A)a wall around it, ^(B)500 cubits long and ^(C)500 cubits broad, ^(D)to make a separation between the holy and the common.

^2 (A)Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for ^(B)an open space around it.

The East Gate to the Outer Court

⁵ And behold, there was ^(A)a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, ^(B)each being a cubit and a handbreadth^[a] in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.

^26 (A)Her priests ^(B)have done violence to my law and ^(C)have profaned my holy things. ^(D)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^(E)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^(F)so that I am profaned among them.

⁵ And I will be to her ^(A)a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

^15 (A)“The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be ^(B)for common use for the city, for dwellings and for ^(C)open country. In the midst of it shall be the city,

^23 (A)They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and ^(B)show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

¹⁰ And ^(A)he carried me away in the Spirit to ^(B)a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, ^11 (C)having the glory of God, ^(D)its radiance ^(E)like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹² It had a great, high wall, ^(F)with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— ¹³ on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve ^(G)foundations, and ^(H)on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ And the one who spoke with me ^(I)had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. ¹⁶ The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.^[a] Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ He also measured its wall, 144 cubits^[b] by ^(J)human measurement, which is also ^(K)an angel's measurement. ¹⁸ The wall was built of ^(L)jasper, while the city was pure gold, like ^(M)clear glass. ^19 (N)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and ^(O)the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

²² And ^(P)I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. ²³ And the city ^(Q)has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for ^(R)the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴ By its light ^(S)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth ^(T)will bring their glory into it, ²⁵ and ^(U)its gates will never be shut by day—and ^(V)there will be no night there. ²⁶ They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. ²⁷ But ^(W)nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's ^(X)book of life.