Revelation 21:15

New American Bible - revised edition

The one who spoke to me held a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

He brought me there, and there standing in the gateway was a man whose appearance was like bronze! He held in his hand a linen cord and a measuring rod.

Zechariah 2:1

I raised my eyes and looked and there were four horns.

Zechariah 2:2

Then I asked the angel who spoke with me, “What are those?” He answered, “Those are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

Revelation 21:12

It had a massive, high wall, with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed and on which names were inscribed, [the names] of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.

Revelation 21:16

The city was square, its length the same as [also] its width. He measured the city with the rod and found it fifteen hundred miles in length and width and height.

Revelation 21:21

The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made from a single pearl; and the street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.

Revelation 21:25

During the day its gates will never be shut, and there will be no night there.