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Ezekiel 42

Ezek. 42:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He measured
madad (Hebrew #4058)
by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
KJV usage: measure, mete, stretch self.
Pronounce: maw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root: properly, to stretch
it by the four
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
b sides
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
: it had a wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
c round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
, five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
reedsd long
'orek (Hebrew #753)
length
KJV usage: + forever, length, long.
Pronounce: o'rek'
Origin: from 748
, and five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
broad
rochab (Hebrew #7341)
width (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
Pronounce: ro'-khab
Origin: from 7337
, to make a separation
badal (Hebrew #914)
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV usage: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.
Pronounce: baw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
e between the sanctuary
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
and the profane place
chol (Hebrew #2455)
properly, exposed; hence, profane
KJV usage: common, profane (place), unholy.
Pronounce: khole
Origin: from 2490
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Rev. 21:16• 16And the city lieth quadrangular, and the length of it {i}is{/i} as much as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed (twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. (Rev. 21:16)
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Ezek. 40:5• 5{i}And behold, there was a{/i} wall on the outside of the house round about{i}, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, each of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.{/i} (Ezek. 40:5)
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Song of Sol. 2:9• 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart.{HR}Behold, he standeth behind our wall,{HR}He looketh in through the windows,{HR}He glanceth through the lattice. (Song of Sol. 2:9)
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Isa. 26:1• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah. (Isa. 26:1)
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Isa. 60:18• 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18)
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Mic. 7:11• 11{i}In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.{/i} (Mic. 7:11)
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Ezek. 45:2• 2Of this shall be for the sanctuary five hundred by five hundred, square round about; and fifty cubits an open place for it round about. (Ezek. 45:2)
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Luke 16:26• 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they [who desire to cross] from there pass over unto us. (Luke 16:26)

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it had.
Ezek. 40:5• 5{i}And behold, there was a{/i} wall on the outside of the house round about{i}, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, each of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.{/i} (Ezek. 40:5)
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Song of Sol. 2:9• 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart.{HR}Behold, he standeth behind our wall,{HR}He looketh in through the windows,{HR}He glanceth through the lattice. (Song of Sol. 2:9)
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Isa. 25:1• 1Jehovah, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will celebrate thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things]: counsels of old [which are] faithfulness [and] truth. (Isa. 25:1)
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Isa. 26:1• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah. (Isa. 26:1)
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Isa. 60:18• 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18)
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Mic. 7:11• 11{i}In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.{/i} (Mic. 7:11)
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Zech. 2:5• 5for I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. (Zech. 2:5)
five hundred.
Ezek. 45:2• 2Of this shall be for the sanctuary five hundred by five hundred, square round about; and fifty cubits an open place for it round about. (Ezek. 45:2)
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Ezek. 48:20• 20All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. (Ezek. 48:20)
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Rev. 21:12‑17• 12it had a wall great and high; it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of {i}the{/i} sons of Israel:
 13on {i}the{/i} east three gates, and on {i}the{/i} north three gates, and on {i}the{/i} south three gates, and on {i}the{/i} west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that talked with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and the gates of it and the wall of it.
 16And the city lieth quadrangular, and the length of it {i}is{/i} as much as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed (twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
 17And he measured the wall of it, an hundred forty {i}and{/i} four cubits, a man's measure which is of {i}the{/i} angel. (Rev. 21:12‑17)
a separation.
Ezek. 22:26• 26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (Ezek. 22:26)
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Ezek. 44:23• 23And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (Ezek. 44:23)
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Ezek. 48:15• 15And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane [place] for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 48:15)
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Lev. 10:10• 10and that ye may put difference between the holy and the unholy, and between the unclean and the clean, (Lev. 10:10)
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Luke 16:26• 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they [who desire to cross] from there pass over unto us. (Luke 16:26)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch no unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Rev. 21:10‑27• 10And he carried me away in {i}the{/i} Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, having the glory of God.
 11Its light {i}was{/i} like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal;
 12it had a wall great and high; it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of {i}the{/i} sons of Israel:
 13on {i}the{/i} east three gates, and on {i}the{/i} north three gates, and on {i}the{/i} south three gates, and on {i}the{/i} west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that talked with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and the gates of it and the wall of it.
 16And the city lieth quadrangular, and the length of it {i}is{/i} as much as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed (twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
 17And he measured the wall of it, an hundred forty {i}and{/i} four cubits, a man's measure which is of {i}the{/i} angel.
 18And the building of its wall was jasper; and the city pure gold like pure glass.
 19The foundations of the wall of the city {i}were{/i} adorned with every precious stone; the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
 20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprasus, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
 21And the twelve gates {i}were{/i} twelve pearls; each one of the gates severally was of one pearl: and the street of the city pure gold as transparent glass.
 22And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it.
 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory unto it.
 25And the gates of it shall in no wise be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.
 26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it.
 27And there shall in no wise enter into it anything common, and {i}one{/i} practicing abomination and a lie; but those that are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Rev. 21:10‑27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

W. Kelly Translation

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He measured it by its four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the holy and the profane place.