Revelation 21:15

New English Translation

The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

Zechariah 2:1

(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2:2

I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”

Revelation 21:12

It has a massive, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates.

Revelation 21:16

Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles (its length and width and height are equal).

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there).