^{12 Ref} having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are `the names' of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

^{13 Ref} 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 Ref} And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

^{15 Ref} And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

^{16 Ref} And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

^{17 Ref} And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, `according to' the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

^{18 Ref} And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.

^{19 Ref} The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;