He took me closer, and I saw a man who shone like bronze. He was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring rod and was standing by a gateway.

In another vision I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

I was then given a stick that looked like a measuring-rod, and was told, "Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who are worshiping in the temple.

But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.