12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,(A) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.(B)

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12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

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14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations,(A) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles(B) of the Lamb.

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14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod(A) of gold to measure the city, its gates(B) and its walls.

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15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

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17 The angel measured the wall using human(A) measurement, and it was 144 cubits[a] thick.[b] 18 The wall was made of jasper,(B) and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.(C) 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.(D) The first foundation was jasper,(E) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:17 That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
  2. Revelation 21:17 Or high

17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

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