Ezekiel 40:3-8

New International Version

³ He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze;^(A) he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod^(B) in his hand. ⁴ The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,^(C) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell^(D) the people of Israel everything you see.^(E)”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

⁵ I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,^[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured^(F) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

⁶ Then he went to the east gate.^(G) He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. ⁷ The alcoves^(H) for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits^[b] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

⁸ Then he measured the portico of the gateway;