Revelation 21:15
The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.
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- Ezek 41:1-5 : 1 The Inner Temple Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet wide on each side. 2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8¾ feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet. 3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, the entrance as 10½ feet, and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet. 4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me,“This is the most holy place.” 5 Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.
- Zech 2:1 : 1 Vision Three: The Surveyor(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- Rev 11:1-2 : 1 The Fate of the Two Witnesses Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told,“Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. 2 But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.
- Exod 40:3-5 : 3 You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain. 4 You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5 You are to put the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
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- Rev 21:16-194 verses88%
16 Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles(its length and width and height are equal).
17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s.
18 The city’s wall is made of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
- Rev 11:1-22 verses80%
1 The Fate of the Two Witnesses Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told,“Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.
2 But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.
- Rev 21:10-145 verses79%
10 So he took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
11 The city possesses the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.
12 It has a massive, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates.
13 There are three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side.
14 The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Zech 2:1-22 verses79%
1 Vision Three: The Surveyor(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 I asked,“Where are you going?” He replied,“To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”
- Rev 21:21-233 verses79%
21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls– each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God– the All-Powerful– and the Lamb are its temple.
23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- Ezek 40:5-95 verses77%
5 I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10½ feet, and its height as 10½ feet.
6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.
7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.
8 Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.
9 He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.
- Ezek 40:2-32 verses77%
2 By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.
3 When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.
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35 Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others–
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32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.
- Ezek 42:15-206 verses75%
15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.
16 He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick.
17 He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.
18 He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.
19 He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.
20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.
- Ezek 48:16-172 verses74%
16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.
17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.
- Ezek 40:27-282 verses73%
27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.
28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.
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2 And I saw the holy city– the new Jerusalem– descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
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30 “These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure,
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11 He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.
- Ezek 40:23-242 verses72%
23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.
24 Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.
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48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side.
- Ezek 40:18-214 verses72%
18 The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.
20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.
21 Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.
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13 He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet from one entrance to the opposite one.
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25 Its gates will never be closed during the day(and there will be no night there).
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3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, the entrance as 10½ feet, and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet.
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3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles and a width of three and one-third miles; in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.
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2 Someone asked me,“What do you see?” I replied,“I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.”