The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass. 'I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.' And the city does not need the sun or the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb its lamp.' And the nations will walk by its light'