Ezekiel 40:3-6

3So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of 1bronze, with a 2thread of flax and a 3measuring 4rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. 4And the man said to me, “5Son of man, 6see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and 7pay attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. 8Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”

5And behold, there was a 9wall on the outside of the 10temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six 11cubits, 12each of which was a 13cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the 14wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. 6Then he went to the gate which faced 15east, went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod 16in width; and the other threshold was one rod 17in width.