Ezequiel 42:16

16 Mediu o lado leste com a vara de medir; tinha duzentos e cinquenta 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 Assim que os sacerdotes entrarem nos recintos sagrados, só poderão ir para o pátio externo após tirarem as vestes com as quais ministram, pois elas são santas. Porão outras vestes antes de se aproximarem dos lugares reservados para o povo”.

15 Quando ele acabou de medir o que havia dentro da área do templo, levou-me para fora pela porta leste e mediu a área em redor.

16 Mediu o lado leste com a vara de medir; tinha duzentos e cinquenta metros.

17 Mediu o lado norte; tinha duzentos e cinquenta metros, segundo a vara de medir.

18 Mediu o lado sul; tinha duzentos e cinquenta metros, segundo a vara de medir.

Footnotes

• [a] Com base na Septuaginta. O Texto Massorético diz "500 varas " (1.500 metros); também nos versículos 17-20.