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Ezekiel 42:16 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 42 · verse 16
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.Ezekiel 42:16 · King James Version
Ezekiel 42:16 in context
14When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
15Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
16He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
17He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
18He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- measuringmiddâhproperly, extensionH4060 →
- measuredmâdadproperly, to stretchH4058 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- eastqâdîymthe fore or front partH6921 →
- siderûwachwindH7307 →
- reedqâneha reedH7070 →
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We have attended the measuring of this mystical temple and are now to see how far the holy ground on which we tread extends; and that also is here measured, and found to take in a great compass. Observe, 1. What the dimensions of it were.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-20