8I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We are still attending a prophet that is under the guidance of an angel, and therefore attend with reverence, though we are often at a loss to know both what this is and what it is to us. Observe here, 1. After the prophet had observed the courts he was at length brought to the temple , Ezek. 41:1. If we diligently attend to the instructions given us in the plainer parts of religion, and profit by…
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