Revelation 21:12

She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

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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: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass:

13And on the east were three doors; and on the north three doors; and on the south three doors; and on the west three doors.

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Cross References

Numbers 2:2The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.

Ezra 9:9For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalms 51:18\51:16\You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.

Isaiah 54:12I will make your towers of rubies, and your doors of carbuncles, and the wall round you will be of all sorts of beautiful stones.

Ezekiel 48:31And the doors of the town are to be named by the names of the tribes of Israel; three doors on the north, one for Reuben, one for Judah, one for Levi;

Luke 15:10Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

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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