Ezekiel 42:20
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Cross-reference
In Ezekiel 22:26, priests failed to distinguish holy from common — the wall here enforces that separation, contrasting their failure.
In Ezekiel 40:5, the temple wall is first described and measured with the same rod; this verse gives its total dimensions.
In Ezekiel 44:23, priests are to teach the difference between holy and common — the wall provides the physical boundary for that instruction.
In Ezekiel 45:2, the same 500-cubit square sanctuary plot is specified with its surrounding open space, directly matching the measured area here.
In Ezekiel 48:15, the area outside the temple square is for common use, directly contrasting the holy square separated by the wall.
Ezekiel 43:11 gives the purpose of the temple measurements: to instruct the people in obedience to God's statutes.
Ezekiel 43:12 declares the whole temple area most holy, reinforcing the separation established by the wall in Ezekiel 42:20.
In Ezekiel 48:20, the whole oblation is a 25,000-cubit square — a larger-scale sacred square compared to the temple's 500-cubit square.
In Leviticus 10:10, priests are commanded to distinguish holy from common — the wall architecturally implements that command.
Revelation 21:10-27 depicts the heavenly city with a wall and measurements, fulfilling the separation of holy from common prefigured in Ezekiel's temple.
In Revelation 21:12-17, the New Jerusalem is measured as a perfect square with a wall, fulfilling the temple square's pattern as God's dwelling.
Revelation 11:2 contrasts with Ezekiel's wall: the outer court is not measured and given to nations, unlike the protected holy space.
Exodus 27:9 gives the pattern for the tabernacle court, an earlier parallel to the temple wall that separates holy from common.
In Zechariah 2:5, God promises to be a wall of fire around Jerusalem — a protective boundary similar to the temple wall's function of demarcating sacred space.
2 Corinthians 6:17 applies the temple separation principle to believers, calling them to come out from impurity and be separate.
Ephesians 2:21 applies temple imagery to the church as a holy structure growing in the Lord, echoing the separated holy space.