Revelation 21:17

hundred... cubits. About 300 feet. See Ezekiel 43:13 and App-88.

according to. Omit.

man. App-123. the. an.

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¹⁷ And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

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