Revelation 21:13-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 There were three gates facing east, three north, three south, and three west.(A) 14 The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation, on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve apostles[a] of the Lamb.(B)
15 [b]The one who spoke to me held a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
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- 21:14 Courses of stones…apostles: literally, “twelve foundations”; cf. Eph 2:19–20.
- 21:15–17 The city is shaped like a gigantic cube, a symbol of perfection (cf. 1 Kgs 6:19–20). The measurements of the city and its wall are multiples of the symbolic number twelve; see note on Rev 7:4–9.
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