Ezekiel 42:17

He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

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KJV

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

DBT

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.

BSB

He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

YLT

He hath measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

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He measured the north side, five hundred reeds,.... From the two angles of that side, east and west; and it was of the same dimension as the east side, just five hundred reeds, or one thousand seven hundred and fifty yards: with a measuring reed round about; he measured with the same reed, from point to point; and having measured this side, he went to another.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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(Verse 15 onwards) When he had finished measuring the interior dimensions of the house, he led me along the way of the gate that faced east, and he measured it all around. (He measured the likeness of the house all around in order.) He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was 500 rods long by the measuring rod all around. (He also measured the north side, south side, and west side.) And he measured against the north wind, five hundred cubits, measuring with a cubit in circumference.

Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420patristic

Thus large were the suburbs (as I may call them) of this mystical temple, signifying the great extent of the church in gospel-times, when all nations should be discipled and the kingdoms of the world made Christ's kingdoms. Room should be made in God's courts for the numerous forces of the Gentiles that shall flow into them, as was foretold, Isa. xlix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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