Revelation 21:12

having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and, at the gates, twelve messengers, and names inscribed, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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,—her lustre, like unto a stone most precious, as a jasper stone, shining as crystal;

13on the east, three gates, and, on the north, three gates, and, on the south, three gates, and, on the west, three gates;

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Cross References

Numbers 2:2Every man—near his standard with the ensigns belonging to their ancestral houses, shall the sons of Israel encamp,—at a distance round about the tent of meeting, shall they encamp.

Ezra 9:9For, bondmen, we are, but, in our bondage, hath our God not forsaken us,—but extended unto us lovingkindness before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up on high the house of our God, to raise up the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

Psalms 51:18Do good, in thy good-pleasure, unto Zion, Wilt thou build the walls of Jerusalem!

Isaiah 54:12And make rubies, thy battlements, And thy gates, sparkling stones,—And, all thy boundaries, stones of delight;

Ezekiel 48:31And the gates of the city, shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates, northward,-the gate of Reuben, one the gate of Judah, one the gate of Levi one;

Luke 15:10Thus, I say unto you, there ariseth joy in presence of the messengers of God, over one sinner repenting.

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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