11 and shining with the glory of God. The city shone like a precious stone, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates and with twelve angels in charge of the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the people of Israel.
13 There were three gates on each side: three on the east, three on the south, three on the north, and three on the west.
14 The city's wall was built on twelve foundation stones, on which were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
16 The city was perfectly square, as wide as it was long. The angel measured the city with his measuring stick: it was fifteen hundred miles long and was as wide and as high as it was long.
17 The angel also measured the wall, and it was 216 feet high, according to the standard unit of measure which he was using.