¹⁶ and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,^[a] the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits.^(A)

¹⁶ The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia^[a] in length, and as wide and high as it is long.