Revelation 21:16

The city was square in shape; it was as long as it was wide. After the angel measured the city with his rod, he reported that it was ◄1,500 miles/2,400 kilometers► long, and that its height was the same as its length and width.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

In Context

15The angel who was speaking to me carried a golden measuring rod, in order to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

17He measured its wall and reported that it was ◄ 216 ft./70 meters► thick (OR, high). The angel used the measure that people normally use.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 41:4Then he measured the inner room: It was ◄35 feet/10.7 meters► long and ◄35 feet/10.7 meters► wide. He said to me, “This is the Very Holy Place.”

Ezekiel 48:35So the distance around the city will thus be ◄6 miles/9.6 km.►. And from that time on, the name of the city will be ‘Yahweh 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 →

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