Revelation 21:12

And had a great wall and hie, and had twelue gates, and at the gates twelue Angels, and the names written, which are the twelue tribes of the children of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

11Hauing the glorie of God: and her shining was like vnto a stone most precious, as a Iasper stone cleare as crystall,

13On the East part there were three gates, and on the Northside three gates, on the Southside three gates, and on the Westside three gates.

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Cross References

Numbers 2:2Euery man of the children of Israel shall campe by his standerd, and vnder the ensigne of their fathers house: farre off about the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall they pitch.

Ezra 9:9For though we were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercy vnto vs in the sight of the Kings of Persia, to giue vs life, and to erect the house of our God, and to redresse the places thereof, and to giue vs a wall in Iudah and in Ierusalem.

Psalms 51:18Bee fauourable vnto Zion for thy good pleasure: builde the walles of Ierusalem.

Isaiah 54:12And I will make thy windowes of emeraudes, and thy gates shining stones, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

Ezekiel 48:31And the gates of the citie shalbe after the names of the tribes of Israel, the gates Northwarde, one gate of Reuben, one gate of Iudah, and one gate of Leui.

Luke 15:10Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.

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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