side [heb] wind

10.5 feet,

500 reeds will be nearly equal to a mile; so that from this statement we find the temple with its outbuildings, was built on a square, nearly an English mile on each side, and four miles in circumference, This not only far exceeds the size of Solomon's temple, or that after the captivity, which was only

500 cubits, or a furlong, on each side, and exactly half a mile in circuit; but is nearly equal to the whole extent of Jerusalem itself, which, when greatest, was but

33 furlongs in circumference, somewhat less that

4:25 miles. This seems clearly to intimate, that the vision cannot be explained of any temple that has hitherto been built, or indeed of any literal temple, but figuratively and mystically of the spiritual temple, the church under the gospel, and its spiritual glory.

Ezequiel 40:3
Me llevó allá; y he aquí, había allí un hombre cuyo aspecto era semejante al bronce, con un cordel de lino y una caña de medir en la mano, y estaba de pie en la puerta.

Zacarías 2:1
Entonces alcé los ojos y miré, y he aquí, vi un hombre con un cordel de medir en la mano.

Apocalipsis 11:1,2
Me fue dada una caña de medir semejante a una vara, y alguien dijo: Levántate y mide el templo de Dios y el altar, y a los que en él adoran.…