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Ezekiel 42:17 KJV

Ezekiel · chapter 42 · verse 17

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.Ezekiel 42:17 · King James Version

Ezekiel 42:17 in context

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.

19He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

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Commentary

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

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