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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Revelation 21:17

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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hundred . . . forty . . . four cubits--twelve times twelve: the Church-number squared. The wall is far beneath the height of the city. measure of a man, that is, of the angel--The ordinary measure used by men is the measure here used by the angel, distinct from "the measure of the sanctuary." Men shall then be equal to the angels.
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