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Vision of the New Jerusalem

Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, 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 foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And he who talked to me 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 breadth; and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia;[a] its length and breadth and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits by a man’s measure, that is, an angel’s. 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every 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 the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light shall the nations walk; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates shall never be shut by day—and there shall be no night there; 26 they shall bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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  1. Revelation 21:16 About fifteen hundred miles

And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God: her [a]light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal: 12 having a wall great and high; having twelve [b]gates, and at the [c]gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 on the east were three [d]gates; and on the north three [e]gates; and on the south three [f]gates; and on the west [g]three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the [h]gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal. 17 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, [i]sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, [j]jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve [k]gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several [l]gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, [m]as it were transparent glass. 22 And I saw no [n]temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the [o]temple thereof. 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, [p]and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. 24 And the nations shall walk [q]amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it. 25 And the [r]gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there): 26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it: 27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything [s]unclean, or he that [t]maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:11 Greek luminary.
  2. Revelation 21:12 Greek portals.
  3. Revelation 21:12 Greek portals.
  4. Revelation 21:13 Greek portals.
  5. Revelation 21:13 Greek portals.
  6. Revelation 21:13 Greek portals.
  7. Revelation 21:13 Greek portals.
  8. Revelation 21:15 Greek portals.
  9. Revelation 21:19 Or, lapis lazuli
  10. Revelation 21:20 Or, sapphire
  11. Revelation 21:21 Greek portals.
  12. Revelation 21:21 Greek portals.
  13. Revelation 21:21 Or, transparent as glass
  14. Revelation 21:22 Or, sanctuary
  15. Revelation 21:22 Or, sanctuary
  16. Revelation 21:23 Or, and the Lamb, the lamp thereof
  17. Revelation 21:24 Or, by
  18. Revelation 21:25 Greek portals.
  19. Revelation 21:27 Greek common.
  20. Revelation 21:27 Or, doeth