9 Then came one of the ⁱseven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the ^jBride, the wife of the ^kLamb.” 10 And he ^lcarried me away in the Spirit ^mto a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance ⁿlike a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a ^ogreat, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and ^pon the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had ^qtwelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve ^rapostles of the Lamb.

15 And the one who spoke with me had a ^smeasuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.¹ Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits² by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned ^twith every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.