The Bible in Basic English BBE
New International Version NIV
15 And when he had come to the end of measuring the inner house, he took me out to the doorway looking to the east, and took its measure all round.
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When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate and measured the area all around:
16 He went round and took the measure of it on the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.
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He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.
17 And he went round and took the measure of it on the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.
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He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
18 And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.
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He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
19 And he went round and took the measure of it on the west side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.
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Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
20 He took its measure on the four sides: and it had a wall all round, five hundred long and five hundred wide, separating what was holy from what was common.
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So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
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