Ezekiel 42:20
He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
19He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10and that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
Isaiah 25:1O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Ezekiel 40:5And behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long, of a cubit and an handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
Ezekiel 44:23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Ezekiel 48:15And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use, 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 →