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Measuring Reed
This page shows Calamus could not be the Measuring reed due to being only 3 1/2 feet in length.
"We all know what an inch is and what a foot and a yard is, but what is a cubit and a span and a handbreadth? We are familiar with a yardstick, a ruler and a tape measure, but people in Bible times did not use these things to measure length."
"Measuring Reed = This was an actual plant, the calamus or sweet cane which from its shape and length came to be used as a measure. See Ezekiel 40:3,5. In verse 5 the length of this reed is said to be six cubits, each of which was of the length of a cubit and a handbreadth, thus 6 cubits and 6 handbreadths (nearly 11 feet)."
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Description: This perennial plant is 1–3½' tall, consisting of tufts of basal leaves that emerge directly from a spreading rootstock. These basal leaves are erect and sword-shaped, resembling the basal leaves of Iris spp. (Irises), but more green.
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Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of the rootstocks as a food additive.
Sweet flag may not be a good choice for gardens visited by children and pets. This complicated plant may present varying levels of toxicity that depend largely on its variety and place of origin. The specific name calamus is derived from Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, meaning "reed")
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"REED" in the KJV Bible
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Ezekiel 40:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed."
Ezekiel 40:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed."
Ezekiel 42:16 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Ezekiel 40:6 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad."
Ezekiel 40:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed."
Ezekiel 42:18 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed."
Ezekiel 42:17 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Ezekiel 42:19 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed."
Ezekiel 41:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits."
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Revelation 11:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein."
Revelation 21:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof."
Ezekiel 40:3 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate."
Revelation 21:16 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal."
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Ezekiel 45:3 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place."
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Ezekiel 40:10 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side."
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Zechariah 2:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand."
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Jeremiah 31:39 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath."
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Ezekiel 42:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
"Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about."
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"Acorus calamus commonly called sweet flag" Calamus is only 1–3½' tall (Bible Measurements) the Cannabis Sativa Hemp Plant is 20+' tall making Calamus too short and impossible to be the "one reed" measuring reed, Cannabis was the actual measuring reed. Example: 6 cubits converted into feet= 9 feet + 1.5 Handbreadths = 2+9= 11 feet. The measuring reed "one reed" would have had to have been 11 feet or greater and adjusted. Ir is strongly believed Cannabis was not a mistranslation as once thought, from Kaneh Bosem "many ancient languages, including Hebrew, the root "kan" had a double meaning, both hemp and reed, and that an error originated within the oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, Septuagint, in the third century B.C., where the terms "kaneh" and "kaneh-bosem" had been translated as "sweet kalamos." In the many Bible translations that followed, including Martin Luther's" also, Bible translations - Wikipedia
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Ezekiel 41:8
“I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.”