² Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred `in length' by five hundred `in breadth', square round about; and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

¹⁶ He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

¹⁷ He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

¹⁸ He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

¹⁹ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

²⁰ He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

²⁸ At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake.