Revelation 21:15

21:15 The angel ¹  who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.

Isaiah 28:17

28:17 I will make justice the measuring line,

fairness the plumb line;

hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, ² 

the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

Ezekiel 40:3-5

40:3 When he brought me there, I saw ³  a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway. 40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ⁴  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ⁵  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

40:5 I saw ⁶  a wall all around the outside of the temple. ⁷  In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet ⁸  long. He measured the thickness of the wall ⁹  as 10½ feet, ¹⁰  and its height as 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 42:15-20

42:15 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. 42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring stick ¹¹  as 875 feet ¹²  by the measuring stick. 42:17 He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. 42:18 He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. 42:19 He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick. 42:20 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.

Zechariah 2:1-2

Vision Three: The Surveyor

2:1 (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2:2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem ¹³  in order to determine its width and its length.”

Galatians 6:14-16

6:14 But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which ¹⁴  the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 6:15 For ¹⁵  neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for ¹⁶  anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation! ¹⁷  6:16 And all who will behave ¹⁸  in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God. ¹⁹ 

[21:15]  ¹ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the angel of v. 9) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:17]  ² tn Heb “[the] refuge, [the] lie.” See v. 15.

[40:3]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[40:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

[40:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”

[40:5]  ⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[40:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[40:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “a measuring stick of six cubits, [each] a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Therefore the measuring stick in the man’s hand was 10.5 feet (3.15 meters) long. Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.

[40:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “building.”

[40:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “one rod [or “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).

[42:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “reed” (also in the following verses).

[42:16]  ¹² tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters).

[2:2]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:14]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps, “through whom,” referring to the Lord Jesus Christ rather than the cross.

[6:15]  ¹⁵ tc The phrase “in Christ Jesus” is found after “For” in some mss (א A C D F G 0278 1881 Ï lat bo), but lacking in Ì⁴⁶ B Ψ 33 1175 1505 1739* and several fathers. The longer reading probably represents a harmonization to Gal 5:6.

[6:15]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “is.”

[6:15]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “but a new creation”; the words “the only thing that matters” have been supplied to reflect the implied contrast with the previous clause (see also Gal 5:6).

[6:16]  ¹⁸ tn The same Greek verb, στοιχέω (stoicew), occurs in Gal 5:25.

[6:16]  ¹⁹ tn The word “and” (καί) can be interpreted in two ways: (1) It could be rendered as “also” which would indicate that two distinct groups are in view, namely “all who will behave in accordance with this rule” and “the Israel of God.” Or (2) it could be rendered “even,” which would indicate that “all who behave in accordance with this rule” are “the Israel of God.” In other words, in this latter view, “even” = “that is.”