'Reeds' in the Bible

“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

“He lies down under the lotus plants,In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

The canals will become foul-smelling,The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up,The reeds and the rushes will rot away.

And the burning sand (mirage) will become a pool [of water]And the thirsty ground springs of water;In the haunt of jackals, where they lay resting,Grass becomes reeds and rushes.

“And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel.

He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

He turned about to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five hundred and the width five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy [the temple proper] and that which was common [the outer area].

“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the allotment and contribution of land which you shall set apart and offer, 25,000 cubits in width, and in length like one of the [tribal] portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.