And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
The verse belongs to the vision in which a man whose appearance was like brass stood in the gate of the house and measured the whole building with a reed in his hand. Every least detail was recorded according to the measurement by the reed, including the little chambers and doorways and arches and pillars. The great gate looking toward the east was likewise measured with the same exactness.
That measuring shows that true measure is everything, and that this measure is the very law of God. God puts that measure into the least of human acts and dealings, so that by learning it and living by it people are elevated and ennobled. They are thereby sanctified in heart and affection and made faithful in the least, even in so small a matter as the mere measure of wheat.
As God's measure of the person, this spiritual measure requires love to God supremely and love to one's neighbor as oneself. This is the whole duty of man, expressed in a righteous life of honest and faithful dealing. Living by that measure makes up the whole righteous stature and structure, building up character after the divine model. This is accomplished through the power and grace brought through Jesus Christ, in preparation for the glory to be revealed.
The verse belongs to the vision in which a man whose appearance was like brass stood in the gate of the house and measured the whole building with a reed in his hand. Every least detail was recorded according to the measurement by the reed, including the little chambers and doorways and arches and pillars. The great gate looking toward the east was likewise measured with the same exactness.
That measuring shows that true measure is everything, and that this measure is the very law of God. God puts that measure into the least of human acts and dealings, so that by learning it and living by it people are elevated and ennobled. They are thereby sanctified in heart and affection and made faithful in the least, even in so small a matter as the mere measure of wheat.
As God's measure of the person, this spiritual measure requires love to God supremely and love to one's neighbor as oneself. This is the whole duty of man, expressed in a righteous life of honest and faithful dealing. Living by that measure makes up the whole righteous stature and structure, building up character after the divine model. This is accomplished through the power and grace brought through Jesus Christ, in preparation for the glory to be revealed.