“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.”
The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide; the angel measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and as high as it is long - the city is a perfect cube (12,000 stadia = 2,400 kilometers on each side), echoing the Holy of Holies' cubic form. Twelve, the number of God's people, is multiplied by 1,000, suggesting the infinite perfection of God's dwelling.
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