'Measuring' in the Bible
So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man [an angel] whose appearance was like bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
And behold, there was a wall all around the outside [area] of the temple (house) [of the Lord], and in the man’s hand a measuring rod six cubits long (10.2 ft.), each cubit being longer than the standard one by a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate.
Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out toward the gate which faced east and measured the outer area all around.
He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
He turned about to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water that was ankle-deep.