three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.
and having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written on them, which are those of the twelve tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕ
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve emissaries of the Lamb.