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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.

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ASV

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

KJV

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΚαὶKaiAndG2532 →
ἐδόθηedothēwas givenG1325 →
μοιmoito meG3165 →
κάλαμοςkalamosa measuring rodG2563 →
ὅμοιοςhomoioslikeG3664 →
ῥάβδῳrhabdōas a staffG4464 →
λέγων·legōnsaying;G3004 →
ἔγειρεegeiredo riseG1453 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μέτρησονmetrēsondo measureG3354 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
ναὸνnaontempleG3485 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
θυσιαστήριον,thusiastērionaltar,G2379 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τοὺςtousthoseG3588 →
προσκυνοῦνταςproskunountasworshipingG4352 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
αὐτῷ.autōit.G846 →

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Revelation 21:15The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.Ezekiel 42:15–20Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:Zechariah 2:1–2Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.Zechariah 2:1Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.Ezekiel 40:3So 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.1 Corinthians 3:16–17Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?Ezekiel 40:1–48In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.Ezekiel 47:3As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.Zechariah 2:2“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Ephesians 2:20–22built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.Amos 7:7This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”Revelation 10:1–5Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.Galatians 6:14–16But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.Numbers 33:18They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

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