NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Revelation 21:16

World English Bible Updated

The city is square. Its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.

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Revelation 21:16 in context

Revelation 21:13–19

13

On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

14

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

15

He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.

16
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The city is square. Its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.

17

Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

18

The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

19

The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

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Source notes

Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. 12,012 stadia = 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles. TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.

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