Ezekiel 47:5 meaning and explanation

Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.

Ezekiel 47:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Ezekiel is being shown the future temple by a guide who measures as they walk. At the third thousand cubits the trickle from under the threshold, only ankle deep at first, has become a river too deep to cross on foot.

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