"And I John saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." "Her light was like unto a stone most 592 precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 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." "The twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it." Revelation 21:2, 11, 12, 21, 22.

"Og jeg, Johannes, så den hellige stad, det ny Jerusalem, komme ned fra Himmelen fra Gud, rede som en brud, smykket for sin brudgom." "Den funklede som den dyreste ædelsten, som krystalklar jaspis. Den havde en svær og høj mur med tolv porte og ved portene stod der tolv engle; og der stod skrevet navne over portene: navnene på Israels børns tolv stammer." Og de tolv porte var tolv perler, hver af portene bestod af én perle og stadens gade var af rent guld ligesom gennemsigtigt glas. Og noget tempel så jeg ikke i staden; thi dens tempel er Herren, Gud den Almægtige, og Lammet" Åb. 21,2. 11-12. 21-22.