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16 When he measured it, he found it was a square, as wide as it was long. In fact, its length and width and height were each 1,400 miles.
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The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
17 Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel).
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The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick.
18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
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The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19 The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with twelve precious stones: the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
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The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
20 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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the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21 The twelve gates were made of pearls—each gate from a single pearl! And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass.
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.
22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
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I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light.
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The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
24 The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory.
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The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
25 Its gates will never be closed at the end of day because there is no night there.
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On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.
26 And all the nations will bring their glory and honor into the city.
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The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.
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