15. And the one who spoke with me was holding a golden measuring rod in order that he could measure the city and its gates and its wall.
16. And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is the same as its width. And he measured the city with the measuring rod at twelve thousand stadia; the length and the width and the height of it are equal.
17. And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measure, which is the angel’s.
18. And the material of its wall is jasper, and the city is pure gold, similar in appearance to pure glass.
19. The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every kind of precious stone: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
20. the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
21. And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each one of the gates was from a single pearl. And the street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
22. And I did not see a temple in it, for the Lord God All-Powerful is its temple, and the Lamb.
23. And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
24. And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.
25. And its gates will never be shut by day (for there will be no night there),