Revelation 21:16

Overview - Revelation 21
A new heaven and a new earth.
10 The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full description thereof.
23 She needs no sun, the glory of God being her light.
24 The kings of the earth bring their riches unto her.
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Revelation 21:16  (King James Version)
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
 


four square
The square form of this city probably denotes its stability; while its vast dimensions, being Revelation 21:1 Revelation 21:500 ; miles on each side, are emblematical of magnificence, and of its capability of containing all the multitude of inhabitants which should ever enter it, however immense or innumerable.
Ezekiel 48:17 Ezekiel 48:18 Ezekiel 48:20 Ezekiel 48:35

twelve
Ezekiel 48:8-19