He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
The verse stands within a vision of a man measuring the temple building and recording its details, in which every part is measured with precision. The measurements of the house thus given form a pattern that Israel is instructed to examine and to measure. That exactness of measurement is bound to God's law, serving to confront the people with their iniquity and to call them to recognize it and turn from it.
The verse stands within a vision of a man measuring the temple building and recording its details, in which every part is measured with precision. The measurements of the house thus given form a pattern that Israel is instructed to examine and to measure. That exactness of measurement is bound to God's law, serving to confront the people with their iniquity and to call them to recognize it and turn from it.