³ When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured ^[a]one thousand cubits, and he had me pass through the water, water reaching the ankles.

A Man with a Measuring Cord

2 ^[a]Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there was a man with a ^(A)measuring cord in his hand. ² So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To ^(B)measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”