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Ezekiel 47:4

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Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

In this chapter we have, I. The vision of the holy waters, their rise, extent, depth, and healing virtue, the plenty of fish in them, and an account of the trees growing on the banks of them (Eze 47:1-12). II. An appointment of the borders of the land of Canaan, which was to be divided by lot to the tribes of Israel and the strangers that sojourned among them (Eze 47:13-23).

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

מָדַד (mâdad, H4058) — properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line);… אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, H505) — hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as… עָבַר (ʻâbar, H5674) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive,… מַיִם (mayim, H4325) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen בֶּרֶךְ (berek, H1290) — a knee מֹתֶן (môthen, H4975) — properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

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