Commentary for Ezekiel 40:3
וַיָּבֵ֨יא אוֹתִ֜י שָׁ֗מָּה וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ֙ מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ כְּמַרְאֵ֣ה נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וּפְתִיל־פִּשְׁתִּ֥ים בְּיָד֖וֹ וּקְנֵ֣ה הַמִּדָּ֑ה וְה֥וּא עֹמֵ֖ד בַּשָּֽׁעַר׃
And He brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
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like...copper Like the shine of the Living Beings (above 1:7): “and they sparkled like the color of burnished copper.”
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with a linen cord in his hand For measuring land, there is nothing better than linen cord.
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and a measuring rod with which to measure the thickness of the wall and the length and width of the gates.
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