The New Jerusalem
9 Then came
1one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of
2the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you
3the Bride, the wife of the Lamb. ”
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And
4he carried me away in the Spirit to
5a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
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6having the glory of God,
7its radiance
8like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
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It had a great, high wall,
9with 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—
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on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
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And the wall of the city had twelve
10foundations, and
11on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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And the one who spoke with me
12had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.
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The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal.
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He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by
13human measurement, which is also
14an angel’s measurement.
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The wall was built of
15jasper, while the city was pure gold, like
16clear glass.
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17The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
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the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
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And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and
18the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
