Revelation 21:12

which has a great and high wall having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve agents, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

In Context

11having the glory of God, the light of it similar to a most precious stone, like a jasper stone being crystal clear,

13from the east, three gates, and from the north, three gates, and from the south, three gates, and from the west, three gates.

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Cross References

Numbers 2:2The sons of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses. They shall encamp round about opposite the tent of meeting.

Ezra 9:9For we are bondmen, yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins of it, a

Psalms 51:18Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion. Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 54:12And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

Ezekiel 48:31And the gates of the city shall be according to the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one, the gate of Judah, one, the gate of Levi, one.

Luke 15:10Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:10-27

The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a… Read the whole commentary →

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