Revelation 21:17-20 details the wall's dimensions and jeweled foundations — directly expanding on the wall mentioned here.

Revelation 21:21 specifies that the twelve gates are each made of a single pearl, adding material detail to the gates introduced in verse 12.

Revelation 21:25 adds that the gates will never be shut, emphasizing the city's perpetual security and openness—a further trait of the gates in verse 12.

Revelation 7:4-8 lists the 144,000 from the twelve tribes of Israel — the same tribes whose names are on the gates.

Numbers 2:2-32 arranges the twelve tribes around the tabernacle — a pattern echoed by the twelve gates named after the tribes in the New Jerusalem.

Isaiah 54:12 promises gates of carbuncles and walls of precious stones for restored Jerusalem, directly prefiguring the precious materials of the New Jerusalem's gates and walls.

Ezekiel 48:31-34 describes the restored Jerusalem with twelve gates each named after a tribe of Israel—the direct source for the gates' tribal names here.

Exodus 28:21 has twelve stones engraved with the twelve tribes' names on the high priest's breastplate — the same tribes named on the New Jerusalem's gates.

Exodus 39:14 repeats the engraving of the twelve tribes' names on the priestly breastplate — mirroring the names on the gates.

Matthew 19:28 promises the twelve apostles will judge the twelve tribes in the new world — linking the tribes on gates and apostles on foundations here.

1 Kings 18:31 uses twelve stones to represent the tribes of Israel when Elijah rebuilds the altar — similar symbolic use as the gates.