Revelation 11:1

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.

2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore 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

    And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

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  • Ezekiel 42:15–20

    Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

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  • Zechariah 2:1–2

    I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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  • Ezekiel 40:1–48

    In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

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  • 1 Peter 2:5

    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:16–17

    Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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  • Isaiah 28:17

    Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

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  • Ephesians 2:20–22

    And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

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