It had a great high wall with twelve gates. By the gates were twelve angels, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel’s sons.

There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring rod with which to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was made from a single pearl. And the city’s main street was pure gold, as transparent as glass.

Its gates will never be shut by day, and there will be no night there.

Favored are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right of access to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.