So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a thread of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
Then there was given to me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said,“ Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.Leave out the courtyard which is outside the temple and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations; and they will trample the holy city for forty two months.