Hebrews 11:10

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Hebrews 11:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

9 By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

11 By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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Revelation 21:10

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Revelation 21:12

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Revelation 21:13

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Revelation 21:18

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Revelation 21:19

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Revelation 21:22

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Revelation 21:23

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Revelation 21:24

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Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.

Revelation 21:26

And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.

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But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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