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15 The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring rod with which to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 Now the city was laid out as a square. Its length was the same as its width. He measured the city with the rod, and it was fifteen hundred miles.[a] Its length and width and height were equal. 17 He also measured the thickness of its wall. It was two hundred sixteen feet[b] thick, as a person—or rather, an angel—measures things.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:16 Or twelve thousand stades
  2. Revelation 21:17 Or one hundred forty-four pechon (cubits)

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