^{12 Ref} having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are `those' of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,

^{13 Ref} at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;

^{14 Ref} and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

^{15 Ref} And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;

^{16 Ref} and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed -- furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;

^{17 Ref} and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

^{18 Ref} and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city `is' pure gold -- like to pure glass;

^{19 Ref} and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;