9. One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the last seven plagues came to me and said, “Come! I will show you the bride, the wife of the lamb.”
10. He carried me by his power away to a large, high mountain. He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.
11. It had the glory of God. Its light was like a valuable gem, like gray quartz, as clear as crystal.
12. It had a large, high wall with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates. The names of the 12 tribes of Israel were written on the gates.
13. There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.
14. The wall of the city had 12 foundations. The 12 names of the 12 apostles of the lamb were written on them.
15. The angel who was talking to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
16. The city was square. It was as wide as it was long. He measured the city with the stick. It was 12,000 stadia long. Its length, width, and height were the same.
17. He measured its wall. According to human measurement, which the angel was using, it was 144 cubits.
18. Its wall was made of gray quartz. The city was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.
19. The foundations of the city wall were beautifully decorated with all kinds of gems: The first foundation was gray quartz, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
20. the fifth onyx, the sixth red quartz, the seventh yellow quartz, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth green quartz, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.