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Revelation 21:17

15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

16 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.

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.

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

19 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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BSB
And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
KJV
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.
WEB
Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
ASV
And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
DARBY
And he measured its wall, a hundred [and] forty-four cubits, [a] man's measure, that is, [the] angel's.
BLB
And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of man, that is, of the angel.
ÅB
Og han målte dens mur: hundre og fire og førti alen, etter menneskemål, som og er engle-mål.
OTB
Han målte dens mur, og den var 144 alen tykk etter menneskelig mål, som også er englemål.
B1930
Og han målte dens mur: hundre og fire og firti alen, efter menneskemål, som og er engle-mål.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:11

    For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

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  • Revelation 21:9

    And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

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  • Revelation 13:18

    Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

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  • Revelation 7:4

    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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  • Revelation 14:3

    And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

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