Ezekiel 42:20
By the four winds he measured the wall thereof on every side round about, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits broad, making a separation between the sanctuary and the place of the people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19And toward the west he measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean:
Isaiah 25:1For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.
Isaiah 60:18Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.
Ezekiel 40:5And behold there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits and a handbreadth: and he measured the breadth of the building one reed, and the height one reed.
Ezekiel 44:23And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.
Ezekiel 48:15But the five thousand that remain in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
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 →