Ezekiel 42:16

“He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.”

"He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about." - Ezekiel 42:16
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What does Ezekiel 42:16 mean?

Ezekiel 42:16 (KJV) says, "He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about." To fully understand the meaning and context of this verse, it is important to delve into the overall message of the book of Ezekiel. The book…

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Measuring Our Spiritual Boundaries

Ezekiel 42:16 (KJV) states, "He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about." This verse emerges from a detailed vision given to the prophet Ezekiel, depicting the restoration of Israel and the measurements of the…

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A Prayer of Measurement and Reflection

O Lord God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, we come before You in humble adoration and reverence. As we gather in prayer, we reflect on Your divine instructions and measurements described in Ezekiel 42:16, where it is written, “He measured the east side with the measuring…

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Ezekiel 42:16 - "He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Ezekiel 16:42 - "So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry."
Ezekiel 42:18 - "He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed."
Ezekiel 42:2 - "Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits."
Ezekiel 42:19 - "¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed."
"So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry." - Ezekiel 16:42
Ezekiel 42:17 - "He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Ezekiel 42:9 - "And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court."
Ezekiel 42:8 - "For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits."
Ezekiel 42:4 - "And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north."
Ezekiel 42:10 - "The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building."
Ezekiel 42:5 - "Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building."
Ezekiel 42:7 - "And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits."
Ezekiel 42:6 - "For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground."
Ezekiel 42:12 - "And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them."
Ezekiel 42:3 - "Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories."
Job 42:16 - "After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations."
"He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed." - Ezekiel 42:18
"Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits." - Ezekiel 42:2
Ezekiel 42:1 - "Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north."
Ezekiel 42:11 - "And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors."
Ezekiel 42:20 - "He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place."
Ezekiel 23:42 - "And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads."
Ezekiel 42:15 - "Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about."
1 Chronicles 16:42 - "And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters."
Ezekiel 20:42 - "And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers."
Numbers 16:42 - "And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared."
"¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed." - Ezekiel 42:19
"And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them." - Isaiah 42:16