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So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of (A)bronze, with a (B)line of flax and a (C)measuring [a]rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. And the man spoke to me, “(D)Son of man, (E)see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. (F)Declare to the house of Israel all that you are seeing.”

The East Gate

And behold, there was a (G)wall on the outside of the house of Yahweh all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a [b]cubit and a [c]handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the [d]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:3 Lit reed, so in ch
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  3. Ezekiel 40:5 A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.5 cm
  4. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit building