Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there,

The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and wall.

He measured the wall and it was about 144 cubits (216 feet), as men measure, for that was the way the angel measured.

but leave out the court outside the temple; do not measure that, for it has been given up to the heathen, and for forty-two months they will trample on it.

The city was a square, its length the same as its breadth. He measured the city with his rod, and it was 12,000 furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height were the same.