15 And the one who spoke with me had a ^smeasuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.¹ Its length and width and height are equal.

3 When he brought me there, behold, there was a ^oman whose appearance was ^plike bronze, with a linen cord and a ^qmeasuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

1 ¹ And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a ^vmeasuring line in his hand!