So I looked, and there was a white horse, its rider holding a bow; he was given a crown, and away he rode conquering and to conquer.

And I was given a reed like a rod, and told, "Rise up and measure the temple of God and the altar, numbering the worshippers;

He who talked to me had a golden wand by way of a measuring-rod, to measure the City and its gates and wall;

the City lies foursquare, the length the same as the breadth, and he measured fifteen hundred miles with his rod for the City, for its breadth and length and height alike;