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Revelation 11:1

And a reed, similar to a staff, was given to me. And it was said to me: “Rise up and measure the temple of God, and those who are worshiping in it, and the altar.

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In The King James Version

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

In Context

2But the atrium, which is outside of the temple, set it aside and do not measure it, because it has been given over to the Gentiles. And they shall trample upon the Holy City for forty-two months.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:18And from Hazeroth, they went to Rithmah.

Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our transmigration, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, on this very day, the hand of the Lord was placed upon me, and he brought me to that place.

Zechariah 2:1And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.

2 Corinthians 6:16And what consensus does the temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God says: “I will dwell with them, and I will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Ephesians 2:20having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.

1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 11:1

In this chapter we have an account, I. Of the measuring—reed given to the apostle, to take the dimensions of the temple, ver. 1, 2 . II. Of the two witnesses of God, ver. 3-13 . III. Of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and what followed upon it, ver. 14 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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