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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Revelation 21:16

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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four square, The square form of this city probably denotes its stability; while its vast dimensions, being 1,500 miles on each side, are emblematical of magnificence, and of its capability of containing all the multitude of inhabitants which should ever enter it, however immense or innumerable. Eze 48:17, Eze 48:18, Eze 48:20, Eze 48:35 twelve: Eze 48:8-19 Revelation 21:17
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