Ezekiel 40:5

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3 He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was ^alike the appearance of bronze. ^bHe had a line of flax ^cand a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.

4 And the man said to me, ^a“Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and¹ fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. ^bDeclare to the house of Israel everything you see.”

5 Now there was ^aa wall all around the outside of the¹ temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six² cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.

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6 Then he went to the gateway which faced ^aeast; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide.

7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod.

8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ezekiel 40:5

A measuring reed of six cubits long - The Hebrew cubit is supposed to be about twenty and a half inches; and a palm, about three inches more; the length of the rod about ten feet six inches.

The breadth - one reed; and the height, one reed - As this wall was as broad as it was high, it must have been a kind of parapet, which was carried, of the same dimensions, all round the temple. See AAAA in the plan.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Ezekiel 40:5:

2 Chronicles 3:3
Ezekiel 48:30

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