Reed

A long plant stem used as a measuring stick, equal to about 3.1 meters.

About Reed

Tall grass that grows in damp places and beside bodies of water. Numerous species of rush and bulrush grow in the region of Palestine. There are at least 21 varieties of rushes. The common soft rush or bog rush (Juncus effusus) is found in wet places, even in the Sinai and other deserts. The sea or hard rush (Juncus maritimus) is found in damp places throughout the region of Palestine and even in Sinai.

At least 15 kinds of bulrushes (Scirpus) are known in the region of Palestine. The cluster-headed club rush (Scirpus holoschoenus) is common in damp places throughout the region of Palestine to the Sinai. The lake club rush or tall bulrush (Scirpus lacustris) is found in swamps and ditches throughout northern Africa to the Dead Sea. The sea club rush or salt marsh club rush (Scirpus maritimus) is found in ditches and swamps in many places of the region of Palestine. Any of these species may be the one referred to in Job 8:11; Isaiah 9:14; 19:6, 15.

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Form, use in ancient daily life, and how translators render the term.

Key References

Ezekiel 40:3

So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

Ezekiel 40:5

And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

Ezekiel 42:16

With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

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Ezekiel 40:3

So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

Ezekiel 40:5

And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

Ezekiel 40:6

Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

Ezekiel 40:7

Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.

Ezekiel 40:8

Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;

Ezekiel 41:8

I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.

Ezekiel 42:16

With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:17

He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:18

He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:19

And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.