He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze,(A) with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.(B) He was standing by the gate.

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The Wall and Outer Gates

Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple.(A) The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of 21 inches;[a] each unit was the standard length plus three inches.[b] He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was about 10 feet,[c] and its height was the same.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 = a long cubit
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit six cubits by the cubit and a handbreadth
  3. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit was one rod
  4. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit was one rod

Outside Dimensions of the Temple Complex

15 When he finished measuring inside the temple complex, he led me out by way of the gate that faced east and measured all around the complex.(A)

16 He measured the east side with a measuring rod;
it was 875 feet[a] by the measuring rod.[b]
17 He[c] measured the north side;
it was 875 feet[d] by the measuring rod.[e]
18 He[f] measured the south side;
it was 875 feet[g] by the measuring rod.[h]
19 Then he turned to the west side
and measured 875 feet[i] by the measuring rod.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 42:16 Lit 500 in rods
  2. Ezekiel 42:16 Lit rod all around
  3. Ezekiel 42:17 LXX reads Then he turned to the north and
  4. Ezekiel 42:17 Lit 500 in rods
  5. Ezekiel 42:17 Lit rod all around
  6. Ezekiel 42:18 LXX reads Then he turned to the south and
  7. Ezekiel 42:18 Lit 500 in rods
  8. Ezekiel 42:18 Lit rod all around
  9. Ezekiel 42:19 Lit 500 in rods
  10. Ezekiel 42:19 Lit rod all around

15 The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod(A) to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.(B)

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