'Measuring rod' in the Bible
All the tithes from cattle and flocks that pass under the measuring rod are sacred to the LORD.
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.
He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.
Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of 21 inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was about 10 feet, and its height was the same.
Then came he unto the east door, and went up the stairs, and measured the posts of the door, whereof every one was one measuring rod. Every chamber was one measuring rod long and broad:
between the chambers were five cubits. The post of the door within the porch, was one measuring rod.
He measured also the porch of the innermore door which contained one measuring rod.
I saw also that the house was very high round about. The foundation of the side chambers was one measuring rod, that is, six cubits broad.
He measured the east side with a measuring rod;it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.
He measured the north side;it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.
He measured the south side;it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.
Then he turned to the west sideand measured 875 feet by the measuring rod.
Now when the man that had the measuring rod in his hand went unto the east door, he measured a thousand cubits, and then he brought me through the water, even to the ankles:
Then there was given to me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar [of incense], and [count] those who worship in it.
Now he who was speaking to me had a measuring-rod of gold, with which to measure the city and its gates and its wall.
And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is the same as [its] width. And he measured the city with the measuring rod at twelve thousand stadia; the length and the width and the height of it are equal.