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And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Elle avait une grande et haute muraille. Elle avait douze portes, et sur les portes douze anges, et des noms écrits, ceux des douze tribus des fils d'Israël:

KJV

And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 163 (Migne)

    agmentorum, et per duodecim nomina quae Joannes in Apocalypsi super portam Hierusalem scripta vidit (Apoc. XXI, 12) , et per duodecim fundamenta ejusdem urbis designantur. Notandum vero quod juxta numerum duodecim patriarcharum, filiorum scilicet Israel, et juxta numerum duodecim…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)

    endit mihi angelus civitatem sanctam Jerusalem, quae habebat murum magnum, habentem portas duodecim (Apoc. XXI, 12) .» Fundata est haec civitas supra montes. Unde David: «Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis (Psal. LXXXVI, 1) .» Turris est ibi maxima, ad quam omnes habent refugiu…

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