^39 (A)The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath.

³ He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was ^(A)like the appearance of bronze. ^(B)He had a line of flax ^(C)and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.

³ And when ^(A)the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles.

¹⁶ ‘Therefore thus says the Lord: