Jeremiah 31:39
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39 The (A)measuring line will go out farther straight ahead, to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.
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Ezekiel 40:3
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3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of (A)bronze, with a (B)thread of flax and a (C)measuring [a]rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
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- Ezekiel 40:3 Lit reed, and so throughout the ch
Revelation 21:15-17
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15 The one who spoke with me had a [a]gold measuring (A)rod to measure the city, its (B)gates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the [b]rod, [c]twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, [d]144 cubits, by (C)human [e]measurements, which are also (D)angelic measurements.
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- Revelation 21:15 Lit measure, a gold reed
- Revelation 21:16 Lit reed
- Revelation 21:16 Possibly about 1,380 miles or 2,220 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m
- Revelation 21:17 Possibly about 216 ft. or 65 m; a cubit is about 18 in. or 45 cm
- Revelation 21:17 Lit measure
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