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11 Now I was given a measuring stick and told to go and measure the temple of God, including the inner court where the altar stands, and to count the number of worshipers.[a] “But do not measure the outer court,” I was told, “for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the Holy City for forty-two months.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:1 a measuring stick . . . and to count the number of worshipers, literally, “Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.”
  2. Revelation 11:2 forty-two months, three and a half years, as in Daniel 12:7; also for 1,260 days in v. 3.

The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the outer court;(B) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(C) They will trample on the holy city(D) for 42 months.(E)

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