Revelation 21:17

And he meted the walls of it, of an hundred and forty and four cubits, by (the) measure (ment) of man, that is, of the angel. (And he measured its walls, a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to human measurement, which the angel used.)

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In The King James Version

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

In Context

16And the city was set in square; and the length of it is so much, as much as is the breadth. And he meted the city with the reed, by furlongs twelve thousands, (or And he measured the city with the measuring rod, twelve thousands furlongs). And the height, and the length and the breadth of it, be even.

18And the building of the wall thereof was of the stone jasper. And the city itself was clean gold, like [to] clean glass, (or And the city itself was made of pure gold, like clear or shining glass).

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Cross References

Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of men that were marked, an hundred thousand and four and forty thousand marked, of every lineage of the sons of Israel; (And I heard that the number of men who were sealed, were a hundred and forty-four thousand, from every tribe of the Israelites;)

Revelation 14:3And they sung as a new song before the seat of God, and before the four beasts, and the elder men. And no man might say the song, but those hundred thousand and four and forty thousand, that be bought from the earth. (And they sang a new song before God’s throne, and the four creatures, and the elders. And no man could learn the song, but those hundred and forty-four thousand, who be bought or ransomed from the earth.)

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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