...the building of the wall of it was o/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...

...And the building of the wall thereof was jasjer; and the city ss 2 high, and had twelve gates, aud at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon,...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,...

...and her light was like unto a flone, moft precious, even like a jafper-ftone clear as cryftal ; and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and...the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Ifrael. On the eaft three gates, on the north three gates, on the fouth three gates, and on the weft...

...transpai'ent green jasper-stone. V. 12. And it had a wall great and high, ha-ving twelve gates, and in the gates twelve Angels, and names •written thereon,...names of the twelve tribes of the Children of Israel. V. 1 3. On the east, three gates ; and on the north, three gates ; and on the south, three gates ;...

...gold as long, broad, and thick, as a person's finger. Thevenot, part i. p. 149. No. 1400. — xxi. 19. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones.] An extract from King's Munimcnta Antigua, vol. ii. p. 9. will clearly explain...

...brightness thereof was like unto the lustre of the most precious and glittering stones ; XXI. 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and...the twelve tribes of the children of Israel : And, to set forth the magnificence thereof by the resemblance of a city built of the most pleasing and precious...

...<wefl three ; —NAPHTALI JOSEPH BENJAMIN. . This is mentioned in verfe 12, " And had a wall great ^nd high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve...the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Ifrael." In addition to all this glory of th>e gates of pearl, it is faid that there were twelve angels...

...shown in vision to Ezek. xlviii. 20. Still farther, the New Jerusalem has a wall great and high, and twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and...names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel, Rev. xxi. 12 ; Net only so, but as there were three tribes on every side, so John saw, " Three gates...

...city, the holy Jerusalem, having the glory of God ; and her light was like unto a stone most precious; and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels...names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel;" which shews that the twelve patriarchs, fathers of the twelve tribes, whose names the tribes bore,...

...heaven, pre" pared as a bride adorned for her husband. The " city had a wall great and high, which had rt twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, " and...twelve tribes of the children of " Israel. And the wall of the city had twelve " foundations, and in them the names of the " twelve apostles of the Lamb....