Ezekiel 42:19

19 He went around the west side [and] he measured five hundred [cubits], [with respect to] reeds with the reed for measurement.

Ezekiel 42:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:19

He turned about to the west side
And took the dimensions of that, from angle to angle, the south and north points of it: and measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed;
and it was exactly of the same measure with the other three sides.

Ezekiel 42:19 In-Context

17 He measured the north side [as] five hundred [cubits], [with respect to] reeds with the reed for measurement all around.

18 [Then] he measured the south side [as] five hundred [cubits], [with respect to] reeds with the reed for measurement.

19 He went around the west side [and] he measured five hundred [cubits], [with respect to] reeds with the reed for measurement.

20 {Toward the four sides} he measured it; [there] [was] a wall for it {all the way around}. [Its] length [was] five hundred [cubits] and [its] width [was] five hundred [cubits], in order to make [a] separation between what is holy and what is common.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "side toward/to the sea"