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THERE WERE THREE GATES ON EACH SIDE---NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST. THE WALLS HAD TWELVE FOUNDATION STONES, AND ON THEM WERE WRITTEN THE NAMES OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE LAMB. THE ANGEL HELD IN HIS HAND A GOLDEN MEASURING STICK TO MEASURE THE CITY AND ITS GATES AND WALLS.
WHEN HE MEASURED IT, HE FOUND IT WAS A SQUARE AS WIDE AS IT WAS LONG; IN FACT IT WAS IN THE FORM OF A CUBE, FOR ITS HEIGHT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ITS OTHER DIMENSION---1,500 MILES EACH WAY. THEN HE MEASURED THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS AND FONUND THEM TO BE 216 FEET ACROSS
(THE ANGEL CALLED OUT THESE MEASUREMENTS TO ME, USING STANDARD UNITS).