Revelation 21:12 Cross References - Moffatt

¹² it has a huge, high wall with twelve gates, twelve angels at the twelve gates, and names inscribed thereon which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,

¹⁰ See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.

¹⁰ So, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over a single sinner who repents."

²² Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried.

⁷ a promise which our twelve tribes hope to gain by serving God earnestly both night and day. And I am actually impeached by Jews for this hope, O king!

¹⁴ Are not all angels merely spirits in the divine service, commissioned for the benefit of those who are to inherit salvation?

⁴ And I heard what was the number of the sealed — a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel, ⁵ twelve thousand sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, ⁶ [Relocated to follow vs 8] twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand sealed from the tribe of Manasseh. ⁷ twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar, ⁸ twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad,

¹⁷ he made the measure of the wall seventy-two yards, by human, that is, by angelic reckoning. ¹⁸ The material of the wall is jasper, but the City is made of pure gold, transparent like glass. ¹⁹ The foundation-stones of the city-wall are adorned with all sorts of precious stones, the first foundation-stone being of jasper, the second of sapphire, the third of agate, the fourth of emerald, ²⁰ the fifth of onyx, the sixth of sardius, the seventh of chrysolite, the eighth of beryl, the ninth of topaz, the tenth of chrysoprase, the eleventh of jacinth, the twelfth of amethyst. ²¹ The twelve gates are twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl; and the streets of the City are pure gold, clear as crystal.

²⁵ (the gates of it will never be shut by day, and night there shall be none),