Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁵ And the one speaking with me had a golden measuring rod, in order that he might measure the city and its gates and its wall. ¹⁶ And the city lies square— indeed its length is as much as also the width. And he measured the city with the rod, a-matter-of twelve thousand stades^[a]. Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall— a hundred forty four cubits^[b] (a human’s measure, which is an angel’s [also]). ¹⁸ And the material of ^[c] its wall is jasper, and the city is pure gold resembling pure^[d] glass. ¹⁹ The foundations of the wall of the city have been adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation is jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, carnelian; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve gates are twelve pearls— individually, each one of the gates was from one pearl. And the wide-road of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. ²² And I did not see a temple in it, for its temple^[e] is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.