Revelation 21:12 · KJV
“And had a wall great and high, {and} had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are {the names} of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:”
— Revelation 21:12
Having the glory of God: and her light {was} like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
Revelation 21 — Context
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11Having the glory of God: and her light {was} like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12And had a wall great and high, {and} had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are {the names} of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Cross References
Ezekiel 48:31-34
And the gates of the city {shall be} after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
Revelation 21:17-21
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred {and} forty {and} four cubits, {according to} the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Revelation 7:4-8
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: {and there were} sealed an hundred {and} forty {and} four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 21:25
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Isaiah 54:12
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Psalms 122:7
Peace be within thy walls, {and} prosperity within thy palaces.
Numbers 2:2-32
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. {far...: Heb. over against}
Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.