He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred [reeds] long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Ver. 20. He measured it by the four sides.] The Church is fair and firm, for it is quadrangular; so is every true member thereof homo quadratus, square, steadfast and immovable, ανικητος και ακινητος, always abounding in the work of the Lord, &c. 1Co 15:58 His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Psa 112:1 He quits himself well in all estates, and comes off a gainer. Gold is purged in the fire, shines in the water; as, on the other side, clay is scorched in the fire, dissolved in the water. The new Jerusalem is said to lie square. Rev 21:16 See Trapp on " Rev 21:16 "