Hesekiel 42:16

16 Er maß die Ostseite mit der Meßrute, fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute ringsum.

Hesekiel 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.

Hesekiel 42:16 In-Context

14 Wenn die Priester hineingehen, so sollen sie nicht aus dem Heiligtum in den äußeren Vorhof hinausgehen, sondern sollen dort ihre Kleider niederlegen, in welchen sie den Dienst verrichten; denn sie sind heilig; sie sollen andere Kleider anziehen und sich dem nahen, was für das Volk ist.

15 Und als er die Maße des inneren Hauses vollendet hatte, führte er mich hinaus des Weges zum Tore, das gegen Osten gerichtet war; und er maß es ringsherum.

16 Er maß die Ostseite mit der Meßrute, fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute ringsum.

17 Er maß die Nordseite, fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute ringsum.

18 Die Südseite maß er, fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute.