Revelation 21:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷Then the angel measured the wall, and by our measurements it was about 60 meters high.

¹⁸^(A)^(B) The wall was built of jasper, and the city was made of pure gold, clear as crystal. ¹⁹Each of the twelve foundations was a precious stone. The first was jasper,^[a] the second was sapphire, the third was agate, the fourth was emerald,

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21.19 jasper: The precious and semi-precious stones mentioned in verses 19,20 are of different colors. Jasper is usually green or clear; sapphire is blue; agate has circles of brown and white; emerald is green; onyx has different bands of color; carnelian is deep-red or reddish-white; chrysolite is olive-green; beryl is green or bluish-green; topaz is yellow; chrysoprase is apple-green; jacinth is reddish-orange; and amethyst is deep purple.