And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
The verse gives one small measured detail in the vision of the house, that the arches all around were twenty-five cubits in length and five cubits in breadth. In that vision a man whose appearance was like brass stood in the gate and measured the entire building with a reed in his hand. Every little chamber and doorway and arch and pillar and the great gate facing toward the east, and every least particular, was set down according to measurement by the reed. True measure is everything, and it is the very law of God. God puts His law into even the smallest of human acts and dealings, so that by learning it and living it people may be elevated and ennobled and sanctified, and be faithful in the least.
The spiritual measure is God's measure of the person. When the measuring was completed the glory of God came in, and the command was to show the house to the house of Israel so that they might be ashamed of their iniquities and measure the pattern. The law of the house upon the top of the mountain is most holy. A righteous life in honest, faithful dealing builds up the whole righteous stature and structure.
The verse gives one small measured detail in the vision of the house, that the arches all around were twenty-five cubits in length and five cubits in breadth. In that vision a man whose appearance was like brass stood in the gate and measured the entire building with a reed in his hand. Every little chamber and doorway and arch and pillar and the great gate facing toward the east, and every least particular, was set down according to measurement by the reed. True measure is everything, and it is the very law of God. God puts His law into even the smallest of human acts and dealings, so that by learning it and living it people may be elevated and ennobled and sanctified, and be faithful in the least.
The spiritual measure is God's measure of the person. When the measuring was completed the glory of God came in, and the command was to show the house to the house of Israel so that they might be ashamed of their iniquities and measure the pattern. The law of the house upon the top of the mountain is most holy. A righteous life in honest, faithful dealing builds up the whole righteous stature and structure.