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 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide, and 1,500 miles high.
17. The angel also measured the wall. It was 216 feet high, by man’s measurement. That was the measurement the angel was using.
18. The wall was made of jasper. The city was made of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19. The foundation stones of the city walls had every kind of jewel in them. The first cornerstone was jasper, the second was sapphire, the third was chalcedony, the fourth was emerald,
20. the fifth was onyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, the eighth was beryl, the ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was amethyst.
21. The 12 gates were 12 pearls. Each gate was made from a single pearl. The street of the city was made of pure gold. The gold was clear as glass.
22. I did not see a temple in the city. The Lord God All-Powerful and the Lamb are the city’s temple.
23. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it. The glory of God is its light, and the Lamb is the city’s lamp.
24. By its light the people of the world will walk. The kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.
25. The city’s gates will never be shut on any day, because there is no night there.
26. The greatness and the honor of the nations will be brought into it.
27. Nothing unclean will ever enter the city. No one who does shameful things or tells lies will ever go into it. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter the city.