special circumstances of these final visions are noteworthy. Ezekiel saw a messenger with a bronze appearance (see 1:27, 28) who was equipped with tools for measuring. Ezekiel was commissioned to minister the complete revelation to the house of Israel. A cubit was about 18 inches, or the distance from fingertips to elbow. A handbreadth, the width of the hand across the widest part, was approximately three inches. Both a long cubit (a cubit of around 21 inches) and a short cubit (the standard 18 inches)