1. Then I was given a measuring reed like a rod, with these words: “Go and measure God’s sanctuary and the altar, and count those who worship there.
2. But exclude the courtyard outside the sanctuary. Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
3. I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, , dressed in sackcloth. ”
4. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.