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.

2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

3 And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
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.
DARBY
And there was given to me a reed like a staff, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship in it.
BLB
And a reed like a staff was given to me, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those worshiping in it.
ÅB
Og det ble gitt meg et rør, slik som en stav, med de ord: Stå opp og mål Guds tempel og alteret og dem som tilber der;
OTB
Jeg ble gitt en målestav som en stav og ble instruert: “Reis deg og mål Guds tempel og alteret, og de som tilber der.
B1930
Og det blev gitt mig et rør, likesom en stav, med de ord: Stå op og mål Guds tempel og alteret og dem som tilbeder der;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 21:15

    The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.

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  • Ezekiel 42:15–20

    Now 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:

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  • Zechariah 2:1–2

    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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  • Ezekiel 40:1–48

    In 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.

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  • 1 Peter 2:5

    you 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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:16–17

    Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

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  • Isaiah 28:17

    I 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.

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  • Ephesians 2:20–22

    built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

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