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'Measuring Line' in the Bible

He also made the molten sea, ten cubits {in diameter}, and five cubits [was] its height. A measuring line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around.

SculptureWeights And Measures, DistancesDimensions Of Temple FurnitureCircles

I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a [dirty] bowl clean, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Plumb LineTurning Upside DownClean Objects

“Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?

measurement

[The] measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Yes, [my] inheritance is delightful for me.

BeautifulBoundariesHappinessHeritageInheritanceBeauty Of Naturealignment

“I will make justice the measuring lineAnd righteousness the mason’s level;Then hail will sweep away the refuge of liesAnd waters will flood over the secret [hiding] place.

God, Righteousness OfPlumb LineAccuracy

But the pelican and the porcupine will take possession of it;The owl and the raven will dwell in it.And He will stretch over it (Edom) the measuring line of desolationAnd the plumb line of emptiness.

ChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

The Lord has cast the lot for them,And His hand has divided and apportioned Edom to the wild beasts by measuring-line.They will possess it forever;From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

Hand Of God

The woodworker stretches out a measuring line,he outlines it with a stylus;he shapes it with chiselsand outlines it with a compass.He makes it according to a human likeness,like a beautiful person,to dwell in a temple.

CraftsmenShrinesSkillToolsBeauty, In MenLike Menartistswoodworkingmeasurement

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

Measuring Rod

The Lord determined to lay in ruinsThe [city] wall of the Daughter of Zion.He has stretched out a line,He has not stopped His hand from destroying.He has caused the rampart and the wall to lament (mourn in grief);They have languished together.

Plumb LineWallsGod DestroyingDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallMourning Due To Catastrophe

When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water that was ankle-deep.

HeelsFacing EastDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,and your land will be divided upwith a measuring line.You yourself will die on pagan soil,and Israel will certainly go into exilefrom its homeland.

PagansKilled With The SwordDeath Of Office HoldersExile In ProspectUnclean Things

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah.

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Therefore, thus says the Lord, “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy and compassion. My house shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.”’

MercifulnessPlumb LineThe Second TempleGod Will Show Mercyrebuilding

We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our proper limit, but [will keep] within the limits of our commission (territory, authority) which God has granted to us as a measure, which reaches and includes even you.

Paul's BoastingBoastinglimitationsmeasurement

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