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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 42:16 — He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
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Heb. wind. the measuring reed. Estimating the reed at 10® feet, 500 reeds will be nearly equal to a mile; so that from this statement we find the temple, with its outbuildings, was built on a square, nearly an English mile on each side, and four miles in circumference. This not only far exceeds the size of Solomon's temple, or that after the captivity, which was only 500 cubits, or a furlong, on each side, and exactly half a mile in circuit; but is nearly equal to the whole extent of Jerusalem itself, which, when greatest, was but 33 furlongs in circumference, somewhat less than 4? miles. This seems clearly to intimate, that the vision cannot be explained of any temple that has hitherto been built, or indeed of any literal temple, but figuratively and mystically of the spiritual temple, the church under the gospel, and its spiritual glory. Eze 40:3; Zec 2:1; Rev 11:1,2 |
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Eze 40:3 |
And he brought me thither, and, behold, [there was] a man, whose appearance [was] like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. |
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Zec 2:1 |
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
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Rev 11:1 |
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. |
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Rev 11:2 |
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 42:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Eze/42/16.html>.
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