Ezekiel 40:1

Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod

1 In the 1twenty-fifth * year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth * year after the 2city was taken, on that same day the 3hand of the LORD was upon me and He brought me there.

Ezekiel 40:1 In-Context

1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was taken, on that same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and He brought me there.
2 In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was a structure like a city.
3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
4 The man said to me, "Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see."
5 And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Ezekiel 32:1, 17; Ezekiel 33:21
  • 2. 2 Kings 25:1-7; Jeremiah 39:1-9; Jeremiah 52:4-11; Ezekiel 33:21
  • 3. Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14, 22; Ezekiel 37:1

Footnotes 1

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