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32 And on the east side five hundred, and four thousand, and three gates: the gate of Joseph one, the gate of Benjamin one, the gate of Dan one.
17 and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;
A 'thousand' means much, many, a countless number, a whole era of time, an abundance. When used in reference to the Lord, it actually means a number greater than that: In those cases it means what is infinite, what is truly without end.