Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 42:19

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 15 onwards) When he had finished measuring the interior dimensions of the house, he led me along the way of the gate that faced east, and he measured it all around. (He measured the likeness of the house all around in order.) He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was 500 rods long by the measurin…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

Original

19And he turned to the south, and measured in front of the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

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17And he turned to the north and measured in front of the north side five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.

18And he turned to the west, and measured in front of the west side, five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.

— Ezekiel 42:19 —

20The four sides he measured by the same reed, and he marked out the house and the circumference of the parts round about, a space of five hundred cubits eastward, and a breadth of five hundred cubits, to make a division between the sanctuary and the outer wall, that belonged to the design of the house.

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