Ezekiel 40:3
1 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.
2 In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
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.
4 “Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
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 the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- WEB
- He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- ASV
- And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- DARBY
- And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a flax-cord in his hand, and a measuring-reed; and he stood in the gate.
- BLB
- And He brought me there, and behold, a man whose appearance [was] like the appearance of bronze, and He had a cord of flax in his hand, and a rod for measuring, and he was standing in the gateway.
- ÅB
- Og han førte meg dit, og se, der var en mann hvis utseende var som kobber, og han hadde en linsnor og en målestang i hånden, og han sto i porten.
- OTB
- Han førte meg dit, og se, det var en mann hvis utseende var som bronse, med en lintråd og en målestav i hånden, og han sto i porten.
- B1930
- Og han førte mig dit, og se, der var en mann hvis utseende var som kobber, og han hadde en linsnor og en målestang i hånden, og han stod i porten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextRevelation 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.
Read in contextRevelation 21:15
The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
Read in contextDaniel 10:5–6
I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:7
Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.
Read in contextRevelation 1:15
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
Read in contextZechariah 2:1–2
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:27
From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
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