Ezekiel 40:3

Easy To Read Version

The Lord brought me there. There was a man there that looked \{shiny\} like \{polished\} bronze. That man had a cloth tape measure and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:17

“\{People use\} a measuring line with a weight \{to show a wall is straight. In the same way\}, I will use justice and goodness \{to show what is right\}.

Isaiah 8:20

You should follow the teachings and the agreement. {\cf2\super [105]} If you don’t follow these commands, then you might follow the wrong commands. (The wrong commands are those commands that come from the wizards and fortune tellers. Those commands are worth nothing; you will gain nothing by following those commands.)

Ezekiel 1:7

Their legs were straight. Their feet looked like cow’s feet. And they sparkled like polished brass.

Ezekiel 41:1

Then the man led me into the Holy Place. He measured the walls on either side of the room. Those side walls were 6 cubits {\cf2\super [360]} thick on each side.

Ezekiel 42:16

The man measured the east side with the ruler. It was 500 cubits {\cf2\super [394]} long.

Ezekiel 43:6

I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple. The man was still standing beside me.

Ezekiel 47:3

The man walked east with a tape measure in his hand. He measured 1,000 cubits. {\cf2\super [464]} Then he told me to walk through the water at that place. The water was only ankle deep.

Ezekiel 8:2

I saw something that looked like fire. \{It looked like a man’s body.\} From the waist down, he was like fire. From the waist up, he was bright and shining like hot metal {\cf2\super [59]} in a fire.

Revelation 1:15

His feet were like brass that glows hot in a furnace. His voice was like the noise of flooding water.

Revelation 11:1

Then I was given a measuring rod as long as a walking stick. I was told, “Go and measure the temple {\cf2\super [80]} of God and the altar, {\cf2\super [81]} and count the people worshiping there.

Revelation 21:15

The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod made of gold. The angel had this rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.