He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears,(A) and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.”(B)

The Wall and Outer Gates

Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple.(C) The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of twenty-one inches;[a] each unit was the standard length plus three inches.[b] He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was 10½ feet,[c] and its height was the same. Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps.(D) He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10½ feet deep—one threshold was 10½ feet deep.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:5 = a long cubit
  2. 40:5 Lit six cubits by the cubit and a handbreadth
  3. 40:5 Lit was one rod, also in v. 7

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