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Revelation 21

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revelation.21.rev2112GatesNames

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TRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

What marks the city’s twelve gates?

The great high wall has twelve gates, twelve angels, and names belonging to Israel’s twelve tribes.

Why this default

The default keeps the wall, gates, angels, and inscriptions distinct while preserving the twelve-tribe identification in full.

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Project defaultIts great high wall had twelve gates, twelve angels, and names of Israel’s twelve tribes

Project default

AlternativeIts massive high wall had twelve guarded gateways inscribed with Israel’s twelve tribes

Alternate rendering

AlternativeIts great high wall had twelve gates, twelve angels, and names of Israel’s twelve sons

Maintains the repeated twelve-fold structure and explains the inscriptions without compression.

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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