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Reed

Hebrew קָנֶה. Literally "a stalk". Also called Qaneh, Measuring rod.

A surveyor's rod of six cubits — the unit Ezekiel's temple is measured with.

Length
3.11–3.15 m (10.2–10.3 ft). Defined as 6 cubits (royal). Inherits the disagreement over the cubit.

A reed is a measuring rod six cubits long, and it is the tool as much as the unit: the man in Ezekiel's vision carries one. Because Ezekiel is using the long cubit, his reed is a little over three metres. Revelation picks the image up again for measuring the new city.

Ezekiel’s measuring reed, drawn to scale A 6-foot man holds a measuring reed of six long cubits, each "a cubit and a hand width" (Ezekiel 40:5): 3.11–3.15 m (10.2–10.3 ft), well over his head. Beside it, six ordinary cubits make a rod of 2.67–2.74 m. On the right, the wall Ezekiel saw measured, one reed thick and one reed high, as a square of stone. a 6-ft (1.8 m) man 123456 a measuring reed: six long cubits3.11–3.15 m · 10.2–10.3 ft each “a cubit and a hand width”(Ezekiel 40:5): the red is the hand width six ordinary cubits2.67–2.74 m · 8.75–9 ft the wall Ezekiel saw measuredin section, end on one reed thick one reed high
Ezekiel measures with the long cubit, an ordinary cubit and a hand width more, so his reed is a hand width per cubit longer than six ordinary cubits. The man is a 6-ft figure for scale; the measuring man of the vision has no size given. He also carries a line of flax (40:3), shown coiled in his hand.

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