17. The angel also measured the wall, and it was sixty metres high, according to the standard unit of measure which he was using.
18. The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.
19. The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
20. the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh yellow quartz, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chalcedony, the eleventh turquoise, the twelfth amethyst.
21. The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made from a single pearl. The street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.
22. I did not see a temple in the city, because its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.
23. The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
24. The peoples of the world will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their wealth into it.
25. The gates of the city will stand open all day; they will never be closed, because there will be no night there.
26. The greatness and the wealth of the nations will be brought into the city.
27. But nothing that is impure will enter the city, nor anyone who does shameful things or tells lies. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of the living will enter the city.