Revelation 21:12

Israel

¹⁰ 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,

¹¹ Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

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:

¹³ On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
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:
WEB: having a great and high wall with 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.
ASV: having a wall great and high; having 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:
DARBY: having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are those of the twelve tribes of [the] sons of Israel.
BLB: having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and on the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

ÅB: Og den hadde en stor og høy mur; den hadde tolv porter, og på portene tolv engler og innskrevne navn, navnene på Israels barns tolv stammer;
OTB: Den hadde en stor og høy mur med tolv porter, og ved portene var det tolv engler. På portene var skrevet navnene på Israels tolv stammer.
B1930: Og den hadde en stor og høi mur; den hadde tolv porter, og på portene tolv engler og innskrevne navn, navnene på Israels barns tolv stammer;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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.
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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.
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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.
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Isaiah 54:12
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
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Revelation 21:25
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
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Psalms 122:7
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
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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.
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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.
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