As the man went out east with a measuring line in his hand,(A) he measured off a third of a mile[a] and led me through the water. It came up to my ankles.

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Footnotes

  1. 47:3 Lit 1,000 cubits, also in vv. 4,5

As the man went eastward with a measuring line(A) in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits[a] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:3 That is, about 1,700 feet or about 530 meters

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

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Third Vision: Surveyor

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”

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A Man With a Measuring Line

[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

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The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given a measuring reed(A) like a rod,[a] with these words: “Go[b] and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:1 Other mss add and the angel stood up
  2. 11:1 Lit “Arise

The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers.

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11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

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15 The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod(A) to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.(B)

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15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod(A) of gold to measure the city, its gates(B) and its walls.

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15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

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