11. having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper.
12. It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
13. There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west.
14. And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15. The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall.
16. The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.
17. And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.
18. The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
19. The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
20. the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; 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 one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.