Ezekiel 42:16

16 Il mesura le côté de l'Orient avec la canne à mesurer; il y avait tout autour cinq cents cannes, de la canne à mesurer.

Ezekiel 42:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:16

He measured the east side
He began with that, being at the east gate: the building was foursquare, and so was the wall about it, and had each four equilateral sides, which were separately measured; here the east side, from the two angles of it, the north and south points: with the measuring reed;
which consisted of six cubits, and which cubits were larger than the common sort by a hand's breadth; so that a measuring reed measured three yards and a half: and the whole measure of the east side were five hundred reeds:
which make one thousand seven hundred and fifty yards: with the measuring reed round about;
not round about the building, since only one side, as yet, was measured; but round about that side, or from angle to angle, or from one side to the other: having finished one side, he went to another, until he had measured all round; but did not go four times round it, only once.

Ezekiel 42:16 In-Context

14 Quand les sacrificateurs y seront entrés, ils ne sortiront pas du lieu saint au parvis extérieur; mais ils déposeront là les vêtements avec lesquels ils font le service, parce qu'ils sont sacrés, et ils mettront d'autres vêtements pour s'approcher du peuple.

15 Après avoir achevé les mesures de la maison intérieure, il me fit sortir par le chemin de la porte orientale, et il mesura l'enceinte tout autour.

16 Il mesura le côté de l'Orient avec la canne à mesurer; il y avait tout autour cinq cents cannes, de la canne à mesurer.

17 Il mesura le côté septentrional: cinq cents cannes, de la canne à mesurer, tout autour.

18 Il mesura le côté du Midi: cinq cents cannes, de la canne à mesurer.