Ezekiel 42:20 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 42:20

So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

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Commentary

4 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

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Thus large were the suburbs of this mystical temple, signifying the great extent of the church in gospel times. It is in part fulfilled already, by the accession of the Gentiles to the church: and will be throughly accomplished, when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in, and all Israel shall be saved.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It had a wall round about - to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place - The holy place was that which was consecrated to the Lord; into which no heathen, nor stranger, nor any in a state of impurity, might enter. The profane place was that in which men, women, Gentiles, pure or impure might be admitted. Josephus says War, lib. vi., c.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The lowness of it renders it unfit for the purpose of defense (the object of the wall, Re 21:12). But its square form (as in the city, Re 21:16) is the emblem of the kingdom that cannot be shaken (Heb 12:28), resting on prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner-stone.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְאַרְבַּ֨ע	le.'ar.Ba'	to four	H702 →
רוּח֜וֹת	ru.Chot	sides	H7307 →
מְדָד֗וֹ	me.da.Do	he measured it	H4058 →
ח֤וֹמָה	Cho.mah	a wall	H2346 →
לוֹ֙	lo	[belonged] to it
סָבִ֣יב׀	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
סָבִ֔יב	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
אֹ֚רֶךְ	'O.rekh	[the] length	H753 →
חֲמֵ֣שׁ	cha.Mesh	[was] five	H2568 →
מֵא֔וֹת	me.'ot	hundred [cubits]	H3967 →
וְרֹ֖חַב	ve.Ro.chav	and [the] breadth	H7341 →
חֲמֵ֣שׁ	cha.Mesh	[was] five	H2568 →
מֵא֑וֹת	me.'ot	hundred [cubits]	H3967 →
לְהַבְדִּ֕יל	le.hav.Dil	to make a distinction	H914 →
בֵּ֥ין	bein	between	H996 →
הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ	ha.Ko.desh	<the> holy thing	H6944 →
לְחֹֽל׃	le.Chol	and a profane thing	H2455 →

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
Ezekiel 44:23
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
leads to
- Ezekiel 22:26
  Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 10:10–11
  You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
- 2 Timothy 2:24–25
  And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- Hosea 4:6
  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget…
Through
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They…
leads to
- Ezekiel 44:23
  They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 10:10
  You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
- Ezekiel 22:8
  You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
- Malachi 2:8
  But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

About Ezekiel

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

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01Commentary

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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