16 The city is laid out in a square; its length and width are the same. He measured the city with the rod at 12,000 stadia.[a] Its length, width, and height are equal.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:16 A stadion (sg) = about 600 feet; 12,000 stadia = 1,400 miles.

16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand [a]furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

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  1. Revelation 21:16 Lit. stadia, about 1,380 miles in all