Then I was given a measuring reed like a staff, and I was told, “Rise, and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there.
In context
1Then I was given a measuring reed like a staff, and I was told, “Rise, and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there. 2But leave out the courtyard outside the temple; do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. 3And I will grant power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth.”
