Revelation 21:15

And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall.

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In The King James Version

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

In Context

14And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

16And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:3And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

Zechariah 2:1\1:18\And lifting up my eyes I saw four horns.

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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