² Of this, a section 500 cubits^[a] square^(A) is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits^[b] around it for open land.

¹⁶ He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.^{[a][b] 17} He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits^[c] by the measuring rod. ¹⁸ He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. ¹⁹ Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. ²⁰ So he measured^(A) the area^(B) on all four sides. It had a wall around it,^(C) five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide,^(D) to separate the holy from the common.^(E)