Ezechiele 42:16

16 Egli misurò il lato orientale con la canna da misurare; e vi erano cinquecento canne, alla canna da misurare, d’ogn’intorno.

Ezechiele 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.

Ezechiele 42:16 In-Context

14 Quando i sacerdoti saranno entrati nel Luogo santo, non usciranno di quello nel cortile di fuori; anzi poseranno quivi i lor vestimenti, co’ quali fanno il servigio, e vestiranno altri vestimenti; ed allora potranno venire nel cortile del popolo.

15 Poi quell’uomo, avendo finito di misurar la casa di dentro, mi menò fuori per la via della porta che guardava verso Oriente; e misurò il ricinto d’ogn’intorno.

16 Egli misurò il lato orientale con la canna da misurare; e vi erano cinquecento canne, alla canna da misurare, d’ogn’intorno.

17 Poi misurò il lato settentrionale e vi erano cinquecento canne, alla canna da misurare, d’ogn’intorno.

18 Poi misurò il lato meridionale; e vi erano cinquecento canne, alla canna da misurare, d’ogn’intorno.