Ezequiel 42:16

16 Tomó la vara para medir el lado oriental, y este midió doscientos cincuenta metros.^[a]

Ezequiel 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.

Ezequiel 42:16 In-Context

14 Cuando los sacerdotes entren allí, no saldrán al atrio exterior sin dejar antes las vestiduras con que ministran, porque esas vestiduras son santas. Antes de acercarse a los lugares destinados para el pueblo deberán vestirse con otra ropa».

15 Cuando el hombre terminó de medir el interior del templo, me hizo salir por la puerta que da al oriente, y midió todo el contorno.

16 Tomó la vara para medir el lado oriental, y este midió doscientos cincuenta metros.

17 Después midió el lado norte, y también medía doscientos cincuenta metros;

18 luego el lado sur: doscientos cincuenta metros;

Footnotes

• [a] "doscientos cincuenta metros" . Texto de difícil traducción.