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<p> ''''' mezh´ū́r ''''' - ''''' ing ''''' ( המּדּה קנה , <i> ''''' ḳenēh ''''' </i> <i> ''''' ha ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' middāh ''''' </i> ): In Ezekiel's vision of the temple a "man" (an angel) appears with a "measuring reed" to measure the dimensions of the temple ( Ezekiel 40:3 ff; Ezekiel 42:16 ff). The reed is described as 6 cubits long, "of a cubit and a handbreadth each," i.e. the cubit used was a handbreadth longer than the common cubit (see [[Cubit]]; [[Weights And Measures]]; [[Temple]] ). In the [[Apocalypse]] this idea of a measuring reed reappears for measuring the temple ( Revelation 11:1 ) and the holy city ( Revelation 21:15 , Revelation 21:16 , "a golden reed"). The thought conveyed is exactitude in the dimensions of these edifices, symbolic of the symmetry and perfection of God's church. </p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:16, 15 October 2021
Measuring Reed [1]
mezh´ū́r - ing ( המּדּה קנה , ḳenēh ha - middāh ): In Ezekiel's vision of the temple a "man" (an angel) appears with a "measuring reed" to measure the dimensions of the temple ( Ezekiel 40:3 ff; Ezekiel 42:16 ff). The reed is described as 6 cubits long, "of a cubit and a handbreadth each," i.e. the cubit used was a handbreadth longer than the common cubit (see Cubit; Weights And Measures; Temple ). In the Apocalypse this idea of a measuring reed reappears for measuring the temple ( Revelation 11:1 ) and the holy city ( Revelation 21:15 , Revelation 21:16 , "a golden reed"). The thought conveyed is exactitude in the dimensions of these edifices, symbolic of the symmetry and perfection of God's church.
