A man — The same no doubt that appeared to the prophet, Ezekiel 1:26, whose name is the branch, and who builds the temple, Zechariah 6:12-13, whose colour was like burnished brass; Revelation 1:15, which speaks glory and strength. A line — A plumb — line, a mason's line to discover the rectitude of the building, or its defects. In the gate — 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.