Thither he carried me, and behold, there was a man, whose similitude was like brass, which had a thread of flax in his hand, and a measuring rod also. He stood in the door,

Behold, there was a wall on the outside round about the house: the measuring rod that he had in his hand, was six cubits long and a span. So he measured the breadth of the building, which was one measuring rod, and the height also one measuring rod.

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 the measuring rod, which round about contained five hundred measuring rods.

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: