Revelation 21:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits,{144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet} by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 3:11 : 11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
  • Rev 7:4 : 4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
  • Rev 13:18 : 18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.
  • Rev 14:3 : 3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
  • Rev 21:9 : 9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride."

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  • Rev 21:14-16
    3 verses
    86%

    14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

    15 He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.

    16 The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve stadia{12,012 stadia = or 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles. TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.}. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

  • 18 The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

  • Ezek 40:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 Behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

    6 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • Zech 2:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

    2 Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."

  • Rev 11:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

    2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

  • Rev 21:10-12
    3 verses
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    10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

    11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

    12 having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

  • 76%

    12 The building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length of it ninety cubits.

    13 So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls of it, one hundred cubits long;

    14 also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, one hundred cubits.

    15 He measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back of it, and the galleries of it on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

  • Ezek 41:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

    1 He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tent.

    2 The breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

    3 Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.

    4 He measured the length of it, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

    5 Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

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    16 These shall be the measures of it: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

    17 The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.

  • 73%

    19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.

    20 The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.

  • 32 He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

  • 35 He brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;

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    23 There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.

    24 He led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts of it and the arches of it according to these measures.

  • 73%

    19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

    20 He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

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    47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

    48 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

  • 72%

    11 He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;

    12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

    13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.

  • 3 He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • 72%

    27 There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

    28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

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    15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

    16 He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

    17 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

  • Ezek 40:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

    9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

  • 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

  • 17 to [the space] above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall round about inside and outside, by measure.

  • 30 These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure;

  • 22 In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty [cubits] long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.

  • 3 When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.