side [heb] wind

10.5 feet,

500 reeds will be nearly equal to a mile; so that from this statement we find the temple with its outbuildings, was built on a square, nearly an English mile on each side, and four miles in circumference, This not only far exceeds the size of Solomon's temple, or that after the captivity, which was only

500 cubits, or a furlong, on each side, and exactly half a mile in circuit; but is nearly equal to the whole extent of Jerusalem itself, which, when greatest, was but

33 furlongs in circumference, somewhat less that

4:25 miles. This seems clearly to intimate, that the vision cannot be explained of any temple that has hitherto been built, or indeed of any literal temple, but figuratively and mystically of the spiritual temple, the church under the gospel, and its spiritual glory.

以西結書 40:3
他帶我到那裡，見有一人，顏色如銅，手拿麻繩和量度的竿，站在門口。

撒迦利亞書 2:1
我又舉目觀看，見一人手拿準繩。

啟示錄 11:1,2
有一根葦子賜給我當做量度的杖，且有話說：「起來，將神的殿和祭壇並在殿中禮拜的人都量一量。…