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What does Revelation 21:15 mean?
"He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls."
— Revelation 21:15 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
The city is square, and 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.
Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.
Explanation
Revelation 21:15 describes a moment in John's vision of the new Jerusalem, the glorious city that comes down from heaven as the eternal dwelling place of God with his people. The verse sim
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