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I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem,[a] coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.(A) I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race.(B) He will dwell with them and they will be his people[b] and God himself will always be with them [as their God].[c]

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  1. 21:2 New Jerusalem…bride: symbol of the church (Gal 4:26); see note on Rev 19:7.
  2. 21:3–4 Language taken from Ez 37:27; Is 25:8; 35:10; cf. Rev 7:17.
  3. 21:3 People: other ancient manuscripts read a plural, “peoples.”

35 The circuit of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. From now on the name of the city is “The Lord is there.”(A)

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13 He wore a cloak that had been dipped in[a] blood, and his name was called the Word of God.(A)

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  1. 19:13 Had been dipped in: other Greek manuscripts and versions read “had been sprinkled with”; cf. Rev 19:15. The Word of God: Christ is the revelation of the Father; cf. Jn 1:1, 14; 1 Jn 2:14.