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.

Esekiel 40:3
Og han førte mig dit, og se, der var en mann hvis utseende var som kobber, og han hadde en linsnor og en målestang i hånden, og han stod i porten.

Sakarias 2:1
Så løftet jeg mine øine op og fikk se en mann som hadde en målesnor i sin hånd.

Apenbaring 11:1,2
Og det blev gitt mig et rør, likesom en stav, med de ord: Stå op og mål Guds tempel og alteret og dem som tilbeder der; …