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Sjá, múrveggur lá utan um musterið hringinn í kring, og maðurinn hélt á mælistöng í hendinni. Hún var sex álna löng, alinin talin þverhönd lengri en almenn alin. Og hann mældi þykkt múrsins, og var hún ein mælistöng, og hæðin var ein mælistöng.

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The East Gate to the Outer Court

I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured(A) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48.