14. The priests who enter the holy area must leave their serving clothes in that holy place before they go out into the outer courtyard, because these clothes are holy. If a priest wants to go to the part of the Temple where the other people are, he must go to those rooms and put on other clothes.”
15. The man had finished measuring inside the Temple area. Then he brought me out through the east gate and measured all around that area.
16. He measured the east side with the ruler. It was 500 cubits long.
17. He measured the north side. It was 500 cubits long.
18. He measured the south side. It was 500 cubits long.
19. He went around to the west side and measured it. It was 500 cubits long.
20. He measured the four walls that went all the way around the Temple. The wall was 500 cubits long and 500 cubits wide. It separated the holy area from the area that is not holy.