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.
17
He measured the north side: eight hundred seventy-five feet.
18
He measured the south side: eight hundred seventy-five feet.
19
Last of all he went to the west side and measured it: eight hundred seventy-five feet.
20
He measured the wall on all four sides. Each wall was eight hundred seventy-five feet. The walls separated the holy from the ordinary.
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