Revelation 21:15

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

The angel who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

When he brought me there, a man was there, whose appearance shone like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.

Zechariah 2:1

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2:2

Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

Revelation 21:12

It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites;

Revelation 21:16

The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width; and he measured the city with his rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of the gates is a single pearl, and the street of the city is pure gold, transparent as glass.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.