³⁹ The measuring line^(A) will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah.

³ He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze;^(A) he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod^(B) in his hand.

³ As the man went eastward with a measuring line^(A) in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits^[a] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.