¹⁶ He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.^[a][b]

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.

The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod^(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. ² But exclude the outer court;^(B) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.^(C) They will trample on the holy city^(D) for 42 months.^(E)

A Man With a Measuring Line

2 ^[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.