Revelation 21:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city and its gates and its walls.

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

In my vision the LORD took me closer, and I saw a man who was sparkling like polished bronze. He was standing near one of the gates and was holding a tape measure in one hand and a measuring stick in the other.

Zechariah 2:1

This time I saw someone holding a measuring line,

Zechariah 2:2

and I asked, “Where are you going?” “To measure Jerusalem,” was the answer. “To find out how wide and long it is.”

Revelation 21:12

The city had a high and thick wall with twelve gates, and each one of them was guarded by an angel. On each of the gates was written the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 21:16

The city was shaped like a cube, because it was just as high as it was wide. When the angel measured the city, it was about two thousand four hundred kilometres high and two thousand four hundred kilometres wide.

Revelation 21:21

Each of the twelve gates was a solid pearl. The streets of the city were made of pure gold, clear as crystal.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates are always open during the day, and night never comes.