And he brought me there, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand city block lengths. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, with the appearance of transparent glass.