Ezekiel 42:20
By the four winds, he measured its wall, on every side throughout the course: five hundred cubits in length and five hundred cubits in width, dividing between the sanctuary and the place of the common people.
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In Context
19And toward the west wind, he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10And so may you have the knowledge to discern between holy and profane, between polluted and clean.
Isaiah 25:1O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.
Isaiah 60:18Iniquity will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation and destruction in your borders. And salvation will occupy your walls, and praise will occupy your gates.
Ezekiel 40:5And behold, there was a wall outside of the house, encircling it all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring reed of six cubits and a palm. And he measured the width of the edifice with one reed; likewise, the height with one reed.
Ezekiel 44:23And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and defiled, and they shall distinguish for them between clean and unclean.
Ezekiel 48:15But the five thousand that is left over, out of the twenty-five thousand in width, will be a profane place of the city for dwelling and for the suburbs. And the city shall be in the center.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 42:16-20
The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 15 Now 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. 16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. 19 He turned about to the west side, and… Read the whole commentary →