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The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.
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Symbolic, Not Literal
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the city's incredible dimensions—roughly 1,500 miles long, wide, and high—are symbolic, not a literal architectural plan. The point isn't to imagine a physical cube, but to grasp the spiritual truths it represents: the city's immense capacity for all believers and the magnificent scale of God's perfect plan.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the city lies four-square. It was an exact square. That is, there was nothing irregular about it; there were no crooked walls, no jutt…
Lieth foursquare (τετραγωνος κειτα). Present middle indicative of κειμα. The predicate adjective is from τετρα (Aeolic for τεσσαρε…
19th Century
Anglican
And the city lieth foursquare . . .—The city is foursquare because its length and breadth are equal; but it is added that…
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Baptist
And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I…
The angel measures the city with a golden measuring rod (). The act of measuring signifies securing something for blessing. Ezekiel’s elaborate des…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the city lies four square To the four corners of the world, from where its inhabitants come, and denotes the reg…
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