1. Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and I was told, “Come and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who are worshiping in it.
2. But exclude the outer court of the temple; do not measure it, for it has been handed over to the Gentiles, who will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
3. I will commission my two witnesses to prophesy for those twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”
4. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.