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And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

having the glory of God: her ^[e]light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

having a wall great and high; having twelve ^[f]gates, and at the ^[g]gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

on the east were three ^[h]gates; and on the north three ^[i]gates; and on the south three ^[j]gates; and on the west ^[k]three gates.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the ^[l]gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.

The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, ^[m]sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, ^[n]jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

And the twelve ^[o]gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several ^[p]gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, ^[q]as it were transparent glass.

And I saw no ^[r]temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the ^[s]temple thereof.

And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, ^[t]and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

And the nations shall walk ^[u]amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.

And the ^[v]gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:

and there shall in no wise enter into it anything ^[w]unclean, or he that ^[x]maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.