Ezekiel 40
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In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after a the city was captured, on the very same day b the hand of the LORD was upon me; and He took me there.
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c In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and d set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city.
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He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was e like the appearance of bronze. f He had a line of flax g and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
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And the man said to me, h "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. i Declare to the house of Israel everything you see."
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Now there was j a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
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Then he went to the gateway which faced k east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide.
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Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod.
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He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod.
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Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside.
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In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side.
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He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
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There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.
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Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door.
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He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.
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From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.
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There were l beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were m palm trees.
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Then he brought me into n the outer court; and there were o chambers and a pavement made all around the court; p thirty chambers faced the pavement.
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The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement.
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Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
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On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.
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Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
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Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it.
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A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.
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After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements.
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There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
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Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side.
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There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.
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Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements.
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Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
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There were archways all around, q twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
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Its archways faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts, and going up to it were eight steps.
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And he brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these same measurements.
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Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
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Its archways faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side; and going up to it were eight steps.
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Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements -
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also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
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Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.
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There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they r washed the burnt offering.
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In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, s the sin offering, and t the trespass offering.
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At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables.
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Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices.
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There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
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Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.
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Outside the inner gate were the chambers for u the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the southern gateway.
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Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for v the priests who have charge of the temple.
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"The chamber which faces north is for the priests w who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of x Zadok, from the sons of Levi, who come near the LORD to minister to Him."
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And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple.
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Then he brought me to the y vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
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z The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were a pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.
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Cross References
2 Kings 25:1 - 4
Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.
Jeremiah 39:2
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.
Jeremiah 39:3
Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: NergalShare'zer, SamgarNe'bo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, NergalSare'zer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:4 - 7
Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.
Ezekiel 33:21
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!
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Cross References
Ezekiel 1:3
The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was upon him there.
Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel 3:22
Then the hand of the LORD was upon me there, and He said to me, "Arise, go out into the plain, and there I shall talk with you.
Ezekiel 37:1
The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in t...
Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, an...
Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out the form of a hand, and took m...
Ezekiel 37:1
The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought m...
Daniel 7:1
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon...
Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and beho...
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Cross References
Isaiah 2:2
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days Th...
Isaiah 2:3
Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let ...
Ezekiel 17:23
On the mountain height of Israel I will plant i...
Ezekiel 20:40
For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height...
Ezekiel 37:22
And I will make them one nation in the land, on...
Micah 4:1
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days Th...
Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great...
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Cross References
Ezekiel 1:7
Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves' feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.
Daniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Revelation 1:15
His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 47:3
And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles.
Zechariah 2:1
Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Zechariah 2:2
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.
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Cross References
Revelation 11:1
Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.
Revelation 21:15
And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 44:5
And the LORD said to me, "Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears, all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD and all its laws. Mark well who may enter the house and all who go out from the sanctuary.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 43:10
Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
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Cross References
Isaiah 26:1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
Ezekiel 42:20
He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 43:1
Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.
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Cross References
1 Kings 6:4
And he made for the house windows with beveled frames.
Ezekiel 41:16
Their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows - the windows were covered -
Ezekiel 41:26
There were beveled window frames and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule - also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies.
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Cross References
1 Kings 6:29
Then he carved all the walls of the temple all ...
1 Kings 6:32
The two doors were of olive wood; and he carved...
1 Kings 6:35
Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open f...
2 Chronicles 3:5
The larger room he paneled with cypress which h...
Ezekiel 40:22
Its windows and those of its archways, and also...
Ezekiel 40:26
Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was i...
Ezekiel 40:31
Its archways faced the outer court, palm trees ...
Ezekiel 40:34
Its archways faced the outer court, and palm tr...
Ezekiel 40:37
Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees...
Ezekiel 41:18 - 20
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, a...
Ezekiel 41:25
Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the door...
Ezekiel 41:26
There were beveled window frames and palm trees...
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Cross References
Ezekiel 10:5
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.
Ezekiel 42:1
Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north.
Ezekiel 46:21
Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court.
Revelation 11:2
But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
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Cross References
1 Kings 6:5
Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.
2 Chronicles 31:11
Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.
Ezekiel 40:38
There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 45:5
An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 40:21
Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:25
There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:33
Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Ezekiel 40:36
Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 4:6
He also made ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
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Cross References
Leviticus 4:2
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them.
Leviticus 4:3
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.
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Leviticus 5:6
And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
Leviticus 6:6
And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest.
Leviticus 7:1
Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering (it is most holy):
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:31
Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark came to rest.
1 Chronicles 6:32
They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.
1 Chronicles 16:41 - 43
And with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because His mercy endures forever.
1 Chronicles 25:1 - 7
Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:
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Cross References
Leviticus 8:35
"Therefore you shall stay at the door of the ta...
Numbers 3:27
From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, t...
Numbers 3:28
According to the number of all the males, from ...
Numbers 3:32
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to ...
Numbers 3:38
Moreover those who were to camp before the tabe...
Numbers 18:5
And you shall attend to the duties of the sanct...
1 Chronicles 9:23
So they and their children were in charge of th...
2 Chronicles 13:11
And they burn to the LORD every morning and eve...
Psalms 134:1
Behold, bless the LORD, All you servants of the...
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Cross References
Leviticus 6:12
And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
Leviticus 6:13
A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.
Numbers 18:5
And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel.
Ezekiel 44:15
But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood," says the Lord GOD.
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Cross References
1 Kings 2:35
The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
Ezekiel 43:19
You shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,' says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 44:15
But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood," says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 44:16
They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
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Cross References
1 Kings 6:3
The vestibule in front of the sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of the vestibule extended ten cubits from the front of the house.
2 Chronicles 3:4
And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
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Cross References
1 Kings 6:3
The vestibule in front of the sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of the vestibule extended ten cubits from the front of the house.
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Cross References
1 Kings 7:15 - 22
And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.
2 Chronicles 3:17
Then he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz.
Jeremiah 52:17 - 23
The bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all their bronze to Babylon.
Revelation 3:12
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.