³ 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 city gate.

The Wall and Outer Gates

⁵ Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple.^(A) The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of 53 centimetres;^[a] each unit was the standard length plus 8 centimetres.^[b] He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was 3.2 metres,^[c] and its height was the same.

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 round the complex.^(A)

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