The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods,

Which is it to be? Am I to come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

containing the golden altar of incense, and also the ark of the covenant covered all over with gold, which held the golden pot of manna, the rod of Aaron that once blossomed, and the tablets of the covenant;

So I looked, and there was a white horse, its rider holding a bow; he was given a crown, and away he rode conquering and to conquer.

And I was given a reed like a rod, and told, "Rise up and measure the temple of God and the altar, numbering the worshippers;

He who talked to me had a golden wand by way of a measuring-rod, to measure the City and its gates and wall;

the City lies foursquare, the length the same as the breadth, and he measured fifteen hundred miles with his rod for the City, for its breadth and length and height alike;