REVELATION 21 as like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 121t had a great, high wall ith twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the nares I the twelve tribes of Israel.° 13There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three n the south and three on the west. 14The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on em were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. X 15The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates id its walls. 16The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city ith the rod and found it to be 1 2,000 stadia» in length, and as wide and high as it is long. He measured its wall and it was 144 cubitsb thick,° by man's measurement, which the an- I was using. 18The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The undations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone, 9 The first undation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20the th sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. d 21 The twelve gates re twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure d, like transparent glass. 22I did not see a templed in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its ple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God es it light,e and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of earth will bring their splendor into it. /25 On no day will its gates ever be shut,9 for there be no night there.» 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27 Noth- impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but / those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. That is, about 1,400 miles (about 2,200 kilometers) b17 That is, about 200 feet (about 65 meters) °17 Or high The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.