Ezekiel 42:18

18 And at the south wind he meted five hundred reeds [five hundred rods], with a reed of measure by compass. (And he measured the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred cubits in length.)

Ezekiel 42:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:18

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds
From the two angles of that side, east and west; and it amounted to just the same number of reeds, even five hundred reeds, or one thousand seven hundred and fifty yards: with the measuring reed;
the same as before; here, and in the next verse, the phrase "round about" is not used, but is to be understood; and having been repeated, there was no need of mentioning it again.

Ezekiel 42:18 In-Context

16 Forsooth he meted against the east wind with the reed of measure, by compass five hundred reeds [five hundred rods], in a reed of measure by compass. (And he measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred cubits in length.)

17 And he meted against the wind of the north five hundred reeds [five hundred rods], in the reed of measure by compass. (And he measured the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred cubits in length.)

18 And at the south wind he meted five hundred reeds [five hundred rods], with a reed of measure by compass. (And he measured the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred cubits in length.)

19 And at the west wind he meted five hundred reeds [five hundred rods], with the reed of measure. (And he measured the west side with the measuring rod, five hundred cubits in length.)

20 By (the) four winds he meted the wall thereof on each side by compass, the length of five hundred [cubits], and the breadth of five hundred [cubits], (the wall) separating betwixt the saintuary and the place of the common people. (On all four sides he measured its wall, on each side all around, the length of five hundred cubits, and the breadth of five hundred cubits. The wall was to separate the place for the sanctuary, from the place for the common people.)