Revelation 21:16

New International Reader's Version

The city was laid out like a square. It was as long as it was wide. The angel measured the city with the rod. It was 1,400 miles long. It was as wide and high as it was long.

Cross References

Ezekiel 41:4

He also measured the Most Holy Room. It was 35 feet long and 35 feet wide. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Room.” It was beyond the back wall of the main hall.

Ezekiel 42:20

So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it. The wall was 875 feet long and 875 feet wide. It separated what was holy from what was not.

Ezekiel 48:35

“The city will be six miles around. “From that time on, its name will be ‘The Lord Is There.’ ”

Revelation 21:15

The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod. He used it to measure the city, its gates and its walls.

Revelation 21:17

The angel measured the wall as human beings measure things. It was 200 feet thick.