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Revelation 21:16-18
Good News Translation
Revelation 21:16-18
Good News Translation
16 The city was perfectly square, as wide as it was long. The angel measured the city with his measuring stick: it was fifteen hundred miles long and was as wide and as high as it was long. 17 The angel also measured the wall, and it was 216 feet high,[a] according to the standard unit of measure which he was using.[b] 18 (A)The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.
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- Revelation 21:17 high; or thick.
- Revelation 21:17 In verses 16 and 17 the Greek text speaks of “12,000 furlongs” and “144 cubits” which may have symbolic significance.
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