15 The one who spoke with me had a [a]gold measuring (A)rod to measure the city, and its (B)gates and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the [b]rod, [c]fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, [d]seventy-two yards, according to (C)human [e]measurements, which are also (D)angelic measurements.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:15 Lit measure, a gold reed
  2. Revelation 21:16 Lit reed
  3. Revelation 21:16 Lit twelve thousand stadia; a stadion was approx 600 ft
  4. Revelation 21:17 Lit one hundred forty-four cubits
  5. Revelation 21:17 Lit measure