And the man said to me, (A)“Son of man, (B)look with your eyes, and (C)hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. (D)Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

And behold, there was (E)a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, (F)each being a cubit and a handbreadth[a] in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. Then he went into (G)the gateway facing east, (H)going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
  2. Ezekiel 40:6 Hebrew deep, and one threshold, one reed deep

The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,(A) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell(B) the people of Israel everything you see.(C)

The East Gate to the Outer Court

I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured(D) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

Then he went to the east gate.(E) He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48.