Ezekiel 42:16

16 The man measured the east side with the measuring stick; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.

Ezekiel 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.

Ezekiel 42:16 In-Context

14 The priests who enter the Holy Place must leave their serving clothes there before they go into the outer courtyard, because these clothes are holy. After they put on other clothes, they may go to the part of the Temple area which is for the people."

15 When the man finished measuring inside the Temple area, he brought me out through the east gateway. He measured the area all around.

16 The man measured the east side with the measuring stick; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.

17 He measured the north side; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.

18 He measured the south side; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.