Song of Solomon 2:9
9My beloved is like aa gazelleor a young stag.
Behold, there he stands
behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
looking through the lattice.
Revelation of John 21:12-19
12It had a great, high wall, bwith twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve cfoundations, and don them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.15And the one who spoke with me ehad a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. ▼
▼About 1,380 miles; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters
Its length and width and height are equal. 17He also measured its wall, 144 cubits ▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
by hhuman measurement, which is also ian angel’s measurement. 18The wall was built of jjasper, while the city was pure gold, like kclear glass. 19 lThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
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