The measuring-reed which was in the hand of the surveyor-general was mentioned before, Ezek. 40:3. Here we are told (Ezek. 40:5) what was the exact length of it, which must be observed, because the house was measured by it. It was six cubits long , reckoning, not by the common cubit, but the cubit of the sanctuary , the sacred cubit, by which it was fit that this holy house should be measured, and...