The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Revelation 21:21 in context
Revelation 21:18–24
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The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.
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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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the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
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I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
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The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it and its lamp is the Lamb.
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The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
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