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Ezekiel 40:5Ezek.40.5

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Voici, un mur extérieur entourait la maison de tous côtés. Dans la main de l'homme était une canne de six coudées pour mesurer, chaque coudée ayant un palme de plus que la coudée ordinaire. Il mesura la largeur du mur, qui était d'une canne, et la hauteur, qui était d'une canne.

KJV

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    plicitas vitae activae, ut in Ezechiele: * «Funiculus sex cubitorum et palmo [Note: [Col. 0903] 28 Ezech. XL, 5.] ,» quod Scriptura utramque vitam contendit, activam et contemplativam. Cubile est mens prava, ut in Psalmis: iniquitatem meditatus est in cubili suo [Note: [Co…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)

    a quadrifidam habentia speciem (Ezech. I, 4, 5) , cum etiam aedificium in monte metiri conspiceret (Ezech. XL, 5) , quid aliud quam effigies corporalitatum praescriptas aspexit? Ibi limina, ibi portae, ibi vestibula et fenestrae, ibi vir sub specie aeris, ibi calamus funiculusqu…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    sunt. De hoc muro per Ezechielem iterum dicitur: Et ecce murus forinsecus in circuitu domus undique (Ezech. XL, 5) . Ubi notandum quod murus spiritualis aedificii esse forinsecus dicitur. Murus quippe qui ad munitionem construitur, non interius, sed exterius poni solet. Quid ergo…

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