The Bible

 

Ézéchiel 41:2

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2 Ensuite il mesura la largeur de l'ouverture de [la porte] qui était de dix coudées, et les côtés de l'ouverture de cinq coudées, d'une part, et de cinq coudées de l'autre part. Puis il mesura dans [le Temple] une longueur de quarante coudées, et une largeur de vingt coudées.

Commentary

 

Ground

  
"Plowing in the Nivernais" by Auguste-François Bonheur

“Earth” refers to the externals of a person or a community -- their everyday thoughts and actions -- in a broad, general sense. “Ground” refers to the parts of our external lives that are ready for cultivation, ready to be put to use. Cultivation, of course, involves loosening up the soil (breaking down our distracting habits and thoughts) and planting seeds (true concepts and ideas that spring from a desire to be good). As those seeds start growing, we begin to be truly useful. In short, then, “ground” in the Bible can mean a person or community that is receptive to the Lord's teaching. It can also mean a person or church that has received the Lord's teaching and is putting it to use.