Ezekiel 42:16 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 42:16

With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He measured the east - north - south - west side - Each of which was five hundred reeds: and, as the building was square, the area must have been nearly thirteen thousand paces. No wonder this was called a city. See Eze 40:2.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מָדַ֛ד	ma.Dad	he measured	H4058 →
ר֥וּחַ	Ru.ach	[the] side of	H7307 →
הַקָּדִ֖ים	ha.ka.Dim	the east	H6921 →
בִּקְנֵ֣ה	bik.Neh	with [the] reed of	H7070 →
הַמִּדָּ֑ה	ha.mi.Dah	<the> measurement	H4060 →
חֲמֵשׁ־	cha.mesh-	five	H2568 →
מֵא֥וֹת	e.mot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
קָנִ֛ים	ka.Nim	reeds	H7070 →
בִּקְנֵ֥ה	bik.Neh	by [the] reed of	H7070 →
הַמִּדָּ֖ה	ha.mi.Dah	<the> measurement	H4060 →
סָבִֽיב׃	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 2:1
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
leads to
- Revelation 21:15
  The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 40:3
  So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
- Zechariah 1:16
  Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out…
- Ezekiel 40:5
  And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured…
- Ezekiel 47:4
  Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.
Through
Ezekiel 40:3
So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
leads to
- Revelation 11:1
  Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.
- Ezekiel 47:3
  As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.
- Ezekiel 1:7
  Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

About Ezekiel

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

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel