Ezekiel 40:3

And he brought me in thither, and, behold, there was a man, and the appearance of him was as the appearance of shining brass, and in his hand was a builder’s line, and a measuring reed; and he stood at the gate.

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In The King James Version

And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

In Context

2in a vision of God into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, and upon it there was as it were the frame of a city before me.

4And the man said to me, Look with thine eyes at him whom thou hast seen, son of man, and hear with thine ears, and lay up in thy heart all things that I show thee; for thou hast come in hither that I might show thee, and thou shalt show all things that thou seest to the house of Israel.

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:20For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

Ezekiel 1:7And their legs were straight; and their feet were winged, and there were sparks, like gleaming brass, and their wings were light.

Ezekiel 8:2And I looked, and, behold, the likeness of a man: from his loins and downward there was fire, and from his loins upward there was as the appearance of amber.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:2-5

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 1 In 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 the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither. 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. 3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was… Read the whole commentary →

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