Revelation 11:1
And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, 'Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it;
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Numbers 33:18and they journey from Hazeroth, and encamp in Rithmah.
Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty and fifth year of our removal, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in this self-same day hath a hand of Jehovah been upon me, and He bringeth me in thither;
Zechariah 2:1And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.
2 Corinthians 6:16and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said — 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among [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, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner -[stone],
1 Peter 2:9and ye [are] a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous 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 →