Zechariah 5:2

And he said unto me: What seest thou? And I answered: I see a megillah flying; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

In Context

1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and hinei a megillah flying!

3Then said he unto me: 1 This is ha'alah (the curse) that goeth forth 1 over the face of kol ha'aretz; 1 for every ganav that stealeth 1 shall be purged out + 5:3 i.e., banished according to what it says on one side of the megillah; 1 and every perjurer that sweareth falsely 1 shall be purged out according to what it says on the other side. + 5:3 Ex 20:7,15 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11Ha'aretz also was corrupt before HaElohim, and ha'aretz was filled with chamas.

Amos 7:8And Hashem said unto me: Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb line. Then said Hashem: 1 Hineni, I will set a plumb line 1 in the midst of My people Yisroel; 1 I will not again pass by them + 7:8 and spare them anymore; 1

Zechariah 4:2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and hinei a menorat zahav, solid gold, with an oil vessel upon the top of it, and shivah nerot (lamps) thereon, and shivah tubes to the shivah nerot (lamps), which are upon the top thereof:

Revelation 18:5Because her chatta'im (sins) have piled up reaching up to Shomayim, and Hashem has remembered the unrighteousnesses of her. + 18:5 2Chr 28:9; Ezra 9:6; Jer 51:9

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 5:2-5

The Vision of the Flying Roll. ( b. c. 520.) 1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to… Read the whole commentary →

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