Revelation 11:1

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

American Standard Version

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

2And the court which is without the temple leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:18And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.

Ezekiel 40:1In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day, the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.

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

2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Ephesians 2:20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

1 Peter 2:9But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God`s] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous 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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