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Ezekiel 42:20

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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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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 20

This chapter continues and concludes the describing and measuring of this mystical temple, which it is very hard to understand the particular architecture of, and yet more hard to comprehend the mystical meaning of. Here is, I. A description of the chambers that were about the courts, their situation and structure (Eze 42:1-13), and the uses for which they were designed (Eze 42:13, Eze 42:14). II. A survey of the whole compass of ground which was taken up with the house, and the courts belonging to it (Eze 42:15-20).

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Strong's Concordancev. 20

מָדַד (mâdad, H4058) — properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line);… אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, H702) — four רוּחַ (rûwach, H7307) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively,… חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, H2346) — a wall of protection סָבִיב (çâbîyb, H5439) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without… חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, H2568) — five מֵאָה (mêʼâh, H3967) — a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, H753) — length רֹחַב (rôchab, H7341) — width (literally or figuratively) בָּדַל (bâdal, H914) — to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ,… קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh, H6944) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity חֹל (chôl, H2455) — properly, exposed; hence, profane

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Ezekiel 45:2rank 6

Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.

Ezekiel 40:5rank 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.

Ezekiel 22:26rank 5

Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 48:15rank 4

The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it

Zechariah 2:5rank 4

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

Ezekiel 44:23rank 4

They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

Isaiah 60:18rank 3

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.

Isaiah 25:1rank 2

O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders— plans formed long ago— in perfect faithfulness.

Leviticus 10:10rank 2

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Song of Solomon 2:9rank 2

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

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