Revelation 21
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Revelation 21:14-20

14And the wallG5038 of the cityG4172 hadG2192 1twelveG1427 foundationG2310 stonesG2310, and on them were the twelveG1427 namesG3686 of the 2twelveG1427 apostlesG652 of the LambG721.

15The one who spokeG2980 with me hadG2192 a 3goldG5552 measuringG2563 4rodG2563 to measureG3354 the cityG4172, its 5gatesG4440, and its wallG5038. 16The cityG4172 is laidG2749 outG2749 as a squareG5068, and its lengthG3372 is as greatG3745 as the widthG4114; and he measuredG3354 the cityG4172 with the 6rodG2563, 7twelve thousand stadiaG4712; its lengthG3372, widthG4114, and heightG5311 are equalG2470. 17And he measuredG3354 its wallG5038, 8144 cubitsG4083, by 9humanG444 10measurementsG3358, whichG3739 are also 11angelicG32 measurements. 18The materialG1746 of the wallG5038 was 12jasperG2393; and the cityG4172 was 13pureG2513 goldG5553, likeG3664 14clearG2513 15glassG5194. 1916The foundationG2310 stonesG2310 of the cityG4172 wallG5038 were decoratedG2885 with everyG3956 kindG3956 of preciousG5093 stoneG3037. The firstG4413 foundationG2310 stoneG2310 was 17jasperG2393; the secondG1208, sapphireG4552; the thirdG5154, chalcedonyG5472; the fourthG5067, 18emeraldG4665; 20the fifthG3991, sardonyxG4557; the sixthG1623, 19sardiusG4556; the seventhG1442, chrysoliteG5555; the eighthG3590, berylG969; the ninthG1729, topazG5116; the tenthG1182, chrysopraseG5556; the eleventhG1734, jacinthG5192; the twelfthG1428, amethystG271.

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Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 21:14 Heb 11:10 ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 21:14 Acts 1:26 ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 21:15 Lit measure, a gold reed ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 21:15 Ezek 40:3; Rev 11:1 ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 21:15 Rev 21:12, 21, 25 ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 21:16 Lit reed ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 21:16 Possibly about 1,380 miles or 2,220 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 21:17 Possibly about 216 ft. or 65 m; a cubit is about 18 in. or 45 cm ↩
  9. 9. Revelation 21:17 Deut 3:11; Rev 13:18 ↩
  10. 10. Revelation 21:17 Lit measure ↩
  11. 11. Revelation 21:17 Rev 21:9 ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 21:18 Rev 21:11 ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 21:18 Rev 21:21 ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 21:18 Lit pure ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 21:18 Rev 4:6 ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 21:19 Ex 28:17-20; Is 54:11f; Ezek 28:13 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 21:19 Rev 21:11 ↩
  18. 18. Revelation 21:19 Rev 4:3 ↩
  19. 19. Revelation 21:20 Rev 4:3 ↩

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