16 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[a] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits[b] thick.[c] 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:16 That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometres
  2. Revelation 21:17 That is, about 65 metres
  3. Revelation 21:17 Or high