12 This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of ^athe mountain ^ball around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by ^wthe gate that faced east, and measured the temple area all around. 16 He measured the east side with ^xthe measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 17 He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 18 He measured the south side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 20 He measured it on the four sides. It had ^ya wall around it, ^z500 cubits long and ^z500 cubits broad, ^ato make a separation between the holy and the common.