He measured the east side with the measuring stick ¹  as 875 feet ²  by the measuring stick.

Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.

He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

They ¹  spat on him and took the staff ²  and struck him repeatedly ³  on the head.

He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.

Can the papyrus plant grow tall ¹  where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish ²  without water?

The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff ¹  for the house of Israel;

They glide by ¹  like reed ²  boats, like an eagle that swoops ³  down on its prey. ⁴ 

Again and again ¹  they struck him on the head with a staff ²  and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

The canals ¹  will stink; ²  the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness ¹  to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ² 

A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; ¹  he will faithfully make just decrees. ² 

He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, ¹  and they grazed in the reeds.

Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. ¹ 

So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk ¹  in one day.

But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket ¹  for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile. ² 

Sound your battle cry ¹  against the wild beast of the reeds, ²  and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! ³  They humble themselves ⁴  and offer gold and silver as tribute. ⁵  God ⁶  scatters ⁷  the nations that like to do battle.