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Zechariah 5:2

Zechariah 5:2
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he said unto me,.... That is, the angel:

What seest thou? and I answered, I see a flying roll, the length whereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits; so that it was a very…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And he - (the interpreting angel) said unto me It cannot be without meaning, that the dimensions of the roll should be those of the tabernacle , as the last vision was that of the candlestick, after…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 5:1-4

We do not find that the prophet now needed to be awakened, as he did Zac 4:1. Being awakened then, he kept wakeful after; nay, now he needs not be so much as called to look about him, for of his own…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the length thereof&c. The roll was unfolded and opened out. The dimensions of the roll seem merely to be mentioned as an expression of the prophet's wonder at its size. The beholder of such a strange…