Ezekiel 42:16
New International Version
He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.

New Living Translation
He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it was 875 feet long.

English Standard Version
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.

Berean Standard Bible
With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

King James Bible
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

New King James Version
He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.

New American Standard Bible
He measured on the east side with the measuring rod: five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

NASB 1995
He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the measuring reed.

NASB 1977
He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed.

Legacy Standard Bible
He measured on the east side with the measuring reed 500 reeds by the measuring reed.

Amplified Bible
He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

Christian Standard Bible
He measured the east side with a measuring rod; it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He measured the east side with a measuring rod; it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.

American Standard Version
He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he measured to the east wind on a measuring reed, five hundred reeds

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he stood behind the gate looking eastward, and measured five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.

Contemporary English Version
He used his measuring stick to measure the east side of this wall; it was 250 meters long.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

English Revised Version
He measured on the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He measured the east side with a measuring stick. It was 875 feet long according to the measuring stick.

Good News Translation
He took the measuring rod and measured the east side, and it was 840 feet.

International Standard Version
He measured the east side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,

JPS Tanakh 1917
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Literal Standard Version
He has measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed all around.

Majority Standard Bible
With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

New American Bible
He measured the east side, five hundred cubits by his measuring rod. Then he turned

NET Bible
He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

New Revised Standard Version
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

New Heart English Bible
He measured on the east side with the measuring reed eight hundred sixty-one feet three inches, with the measuring reed all around.

Webster's Bible Translation
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed around.

World English Bible
He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Outer Measurements
15Now 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: 16With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long. 17He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 40:3
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.

Ezekiel 42:17
He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 45:1
"When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.


Treasury of Scripture

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

side [heb] wind

Ezekiel 40:3
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.

Zechariah 2:1
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Revelation 11:1,2
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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Ezekiel 42
1. The chambers for the priests
13. The use thereof
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(16) With the measuring reed.--According to Ezekiel 40:5 the reed was six cubits long; 500 reeds therefore, the measure of each side of the square, was 3,000 cubits, or about 5,000 feet = nearly a mile. Of course such a space, quite as large as was ever enclosed by the walls of ancient Jerusalem, would have been impossible upon the hill of Moriah, and various efforts have been made by some of the commentators to reduce the size; but the use of the reed as the unit of measurement is decisive. The objection to the size is without value, as Keil well says, "for the simple reason that in Ezekiel 45, 48 there follow still further statements concerning the separation of the sanctuary from the rest of the land, which are in perfect harmony with this, and show most indisputably that the Temple seen by Ezekiel was not to have its seat in the ancient Jerusalem;" nor, it may be added, in any other earthly locality. It is a vision not designed to have a material realisation.

Verse 16. - Five hundred reeds. Ewald, Hitzig, and Smend, with others, following the LXX., regard this wall as that of the outer court, and change the "reeds" into "cubits;" but the majority of expositors adhere to the text, and understand the wall to be that of a great quadrangle which encompassed the whole structure, or the outer court and all within.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
With a measuring
הַמִּדָּ֑ה (ham·mid·dāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4060: Extension, height, breadth, a measure, a portion, a vestment, tribute

rod
בִּקְנֵ֣ה (biq·nêh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7070: A reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam

he measured
מָדַ֛ד (mā·ḏaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4058: To stretch, to measure, to be extended

the east
הַקָּדִ֖ים (haq·qā·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East

side
ר֥וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

[to be] five
חֲמֵשׁ־ (ḥă·mêš-)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2568: Five

hundred
מֵא֥וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)
Number - feminine plural construct
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

cubits
קָנִ֛ים (qā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7070: A reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam

[long].
סָבִֽיב׃ (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around


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