Revelation 21:16
The city was square. The length was the same as the width. He measured the city with the rod, it was 12,000 furlongs. The length, width, and height were all the same.
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In Context
15The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
17He measured the wall and it was 144 cubits thick in human measurements that the angel was using.
Cross References
Ezekiel 41:4He measured the room beside the inner sanctuary as twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He told me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
Ezekiel 48:35The distance around the outside of the city will be 18,000 cubits. From that day on the name of the city will be “The Lord Is There.”
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 →