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# Jerusalem
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This refers to the "Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven" that he described in the previous verse and not to the physical Jerusalem.
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# like a very precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the brilliance of Jerusalem by naming a specific jewel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# crystal-clear
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"extremely clear"
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# jasper
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This is a valuable stone. Jasper may have been clear like glass or crystal. See how you translated this in [Revelation 4:3](../04/01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
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# twelve gates
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"12 gates" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# were written
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "someone had written" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/glory]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/12tribesofisrael]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]] |