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15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod made of gold. The angel had this rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city was built in a square. Its length was equal to its width. The angel measured the city with the rod. The city was 12,000 stadia[a] long, 12,000 stadia wide, and 12,000 stadia high. 17 The angel also measured the wall. It was 144 cubits[b] high. (The angel was using the same measurement that people use.)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:16 stadia One Greek stadion was 600 feet, about 185 meters.
  2. Revelation 21:17 cubits A cubit is the length of a man’s arm from the elbow to the tip of the little finger, about half a meter.

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