He brought me; the Lord by his Spirit, as Ezekiel 40:1. Thither: see Ezekiel 40:1. A man; the same, no doubt, which appeared to the prophet, Ezekiel 1:26, whose name is The Branch, and who builds the temple, Malachi 6:12,13. Whose appearance, whose fashion and colour, was like burnished brass; so Revelation 1:15; much like to that Ezekiel 1:27; and speaks glory and strength. A line of flax; a plumbline, a mason's line, to discover the rectitude of the building, or its defects. In the gate; not in the east gate, but in the north gate next toward the east.
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Ezekiel 40:3
3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.