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Ezekiel 40:5

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¶ And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

And behold a wall {H2346} on the outside {H2351} of the house {H1004} round about {H5439}, and in the man's {H376} hand {H3027} a measuring {H4060} reed {H7070} of six {H8337} cubits {H520} long by the cubit {H520} and an hand breadth {H2948}: so he measured {H4058} the breadth {H7341} of the building {H1146}, one {H259} reed {H7070}; and the height {H6967}, one {H259} reed {H7070}.

There was a wall surrounding the house. The man had in his hand a measuring rod six cubits long [ten-and-a-half feet], each cubit [twenty-one inches] being a normal cubit [eighteen inches] plus a handbreadth [three inches]. He measured the wall's width at ten-and-a-half feet and its height ten-and-a-half feet.

And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 42:20 (7 votes)

    He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred [reeds] long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

  • Isaiah 26:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.

  • Revelation 21:12 (2 votes)

    And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

  • Psalms 125:2 (2 votes)

    As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

  • Zechariah 2:5 (2 votes)

    For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

  • Isaiah 60:18 (2 votes)

    Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

  • Deuteronomy 3:11 (2 votes)

    For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.