Revelation 21:13

On the East three gates, on the North three gates, on the South three gates, and on the West three gates.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

{There were} three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And on the east were three doors; and on the north three doors; and on the south three doors; and on the west three doors.
- Basic English Bible

On [the] east three gates; and on [the] north three gates; and on [the] south three gates; and on [the] west three gates.
- Darby Bible

On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
- Webster's Bible

There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.
- Weymouth Bible

On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
- World English Bible

and fro the north thre yatis, and fro the south thre yatis, and fro the west thre yatis.
- Wycliffe Bible

at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Revelation 21:13

21:11 Having the glory of God - For her light, verse 23, #Rev 21:23|, Isaiah 40:1,2, Zech 2:5. Her window - There was only one, which ran all round the city. The light did not come in from without through this for the glory of God is within the city. But it shines out from within to a great distance, verses 23, 24. #Rev 21:23|,24

21:12 Twelve angels - Still waiting upon the heirs of salvation.

21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb - Figuratively showing that the inhabitants of the city had built only on that faith which the apostles once delivered to the saints.

21:15 And he measured the city, twelve thousand furlongs - Not in circumference, but on each of the four sides. Jerusalem was thirtythree furlongs in circumference; Alexandria thirty in length, ten in breadth. Nineveh is reported to have been four hundred furlongs round; Babylon four hundred and eighty. But what inconsiderable villages were all these compared to the new Jerusalem! By this measure is understood the greatness of the city, with the exact order and just proportion of every part of it; to show, figuratively, that this city was prepared for a great number of inhabitants, how small soever the number of real Christians may sometimes appear to be; and that everything relating to the happiness of that state was prepared with the greatest order and exactness. The city is twelve thousand furlongs high; the wall, an hundred and forty - four reeds. This is exactly the same height, only expressed in a different manner. The twelve thousand furlongs, being spoken absolutely, without any explanation, are common, human furlongs: the hundred forty - four reeds are not of common human length, but of angelic, abundantly larger than human. It is said, the measure of a man that is, of an angel because St. John saw the measuring angel in an human shape. The reed therefore was as great as was the stature of that human form in which the angel appeared. In treating of all these things a deep reverence is necessary; and so is a measure of spiritual wisdom; that we may neither understand them too literally and grossly, nor go too far from the natural force of the words. The gold, the pearls, the precious stones, the walls, foundations, gates, are undoubtedly figurative expressions; seeing the city itself is in glory, and the inhabitants of it have spiritual bodies: yet these spiritual bodies are also real bodies, and the city is an abode distinct from its inhabitants, and proportioned to them who take up a finite and a determinate space. The measures, therefore, above mentioned are real and determinate.