2 In visions of Godq he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain.r On its southern slope was a structure resembling a city. 3 He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze,s with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.t He was standing by the city gate. 4 He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears,u and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.”a

THE WALL AND OUTER GATES

5 Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple.b The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of twenty-one inches;A each unit was the standard length plus three inches.B He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was 10½ feet,* and its height was the same.