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The Book of Revelation, Chapter 21, Verse 12

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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:
King James Version
On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
American Standard Version
on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
New English Translation
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life– water as clear as crystal– pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
World English Bible
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.
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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
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And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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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.
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And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
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And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
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And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.