¹⁵ The angel who talked to me held in his hand a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given a measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. ² But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months.

Future Prosperity of Jerusalem

2 ^[a]When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

41 After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of its doorway,^[a] and they were 10 1⁄2 feet^[b] thick. ² The doorway was 17 1⁄2 feet^[c] wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8 3⁄4 feet^[d] long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.^[e]

³ Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He measured the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 3 1⁄2 feet^[f] thick. The entrance was 10 1⁄2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were 12 1⁄4 feet^[g] long. ⁴ The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet^[h] long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”

⁵ Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 10 1⁄2 feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet^[i] wide.

³ Place the Ark of the Covenant^[a] inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place. ⁴ Then bring in the table, and arrange the utensils on it. And bring in the lampstand, and set up the lamps.

⁵ “Place the gold incense altar in front of the Ark of the Covenant. Then hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle.