Revelation 21:13 BSB

Revelation 21:13

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

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ASV

on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

KJV

On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

On the east three gates,.... On which were written the names of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan: on the north three gates; on which were written the names of Reuben, Judah, and Levi: on the south three gates; on which were written the names of Simeon, Issachar, and Zabulon: and on the west three gates; on which were written the names of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali; see Eze 48:

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

On the east three gates ... - The city was square Rev 21:16, and the same number of gates is assigned to each quarter. There does not appear to be any special significancy in this fact, unless it be to denote that there is access to this city from all quarters of the world, and that they who dwell there will have come from each of the great divisions of the earth - that is, from every land,

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

On the north . . . on the south--A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read, "And on the north and on the south." In Ezekiel, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan (for which Manasseh is substituted in Re 7:6), are on the east (Eze 48:32); Reuben, Judah, Levi, are on the north (Eze 48:31);

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπὸ	apo	On	G575 →
ἀνατολῆς	anatolēs	[the] east	G395 →
πυλῶνες	pulōnes	[were] gates	G4440 →
τρεῖς,	treis	three,	G5140 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπὸ	apo	on	G575 →
βορρᾶ	borra	[the] north	G1005 →
πυλῶνες	pulōnes	gates	G4440 →
τρεῖς,	treis	three,	G5140 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπὸ	apo	on	G575 →
νότου	notou	[the] south	G3558 →
πυλῶνες	pulōnes	gates	G4440 →
τρεῖς,	treis	three,	G5140 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπὸ	apo	on	G575 →
δυσμῶν	dusmōn	[the] west	G1424 →
πυλῶνες	pulōnes	gates	G4440 →
τρεῖς.	treis	three.	G5140 →

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