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Ezekiel 40:5

3 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.”

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.

6 Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.

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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
WEB
Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a hand width each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
ASV
And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man`s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
DARBY
And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, [each] of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
BLB
And behold, a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the hand of the man [was] a rod measuring six cubits, by a cubit and a handbreadth. And he measured the width of the structure, one rod, and the height, one rod.
ÅB
Og se, der var en mur utenom huset rundt omkring, og målestangen som mannen hadde i hånden, var seks alen lang, hver alen regnet til en almindelig alen og en håndsbredd, og han målte murens bredde: den var én stang, og dens høyde: den var én stang.
OTB
Og se, det var en mur som omga tempelområdet, og målestaven i mannens hånd var seks alen lang, hver alen var en alen og en håndsbredd. Han målte muren; den var en stav tykk og en stav høy.
B1930
Og se, der var en mur utenom huset rundt omkring, og målestangen som mannen hadde i hånden, var seks alen lang, hver alen regnet til en almindelig alen og en håndsbredd, og han målte murens bredde: den var én stang, og dens høide: den var én stang.

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  • 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.

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  • Isaiah 26:1

    In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

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  • Isaiah 60:18

    No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:11

    (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

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  • Psalms 125:2

    As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

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  • Revelation 21:12

    The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.

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  • Zechariah 2:5

    For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

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