Ezekiel 40:5 - Scripture Study Tools and Resources

Ezekiel 40:5

5 And behold a wall on the outside of the ^ahouse round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six ^bcubits long ^cby the cubit and an hand breadth: so he ^dmeasured the ^ebreadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Footnotes ?

a TG Temple

b Ezek. 41:8

8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great ^acubits.

b Ezek. 43:13

13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a ^acubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

c IE six long cubits, of a cubit plus a handbreadth each. Thus each would be about 21 inches or 53 cm.; and the total length of the measuring reed is about 10 1/2 feet or 3.2 m.

d Ezek. 42:20

20 He ^ameasured 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.

e Rev. 21:16

16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the ^alength is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

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Citation ?

Dale G. Renlund, GC, Mar. 2018 (Ezek. 40:1-49)

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breadth		2
hand		2
cubits		1
building		1
measured		1
cubit		1
long		1
behold		1
six		1
wall		1
measuring		1
man		1
about		1
round		1
house		1
outside		1
height		1

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Rev. 21:15-16 (2/2)