15 And the one who spoke with me was holding a golden measuring rod in order that he could measure the city and its gates and its wall. 16 And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is the same as its width. And he measured the city with the measuring rod at twelve thousand stadia;[a] the length and the width and the height of it are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits[b] according to human measure[c], which is the angel’s.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:16 Or “two thousand two hundred kilometers”; or “fourteen hundred miles” (a stade was a unit of length about 185 meters or 607 feet)
  2. Revelation 21:17 This number in cubits amounts to 12 times 12; it would be about 65 meters (216 feet)
  3. Revelation 21:17 Literally “according to the measure of a man”