cubits

Yesterday she told him she couldn't call to mind the difference in cubits between the length and the breadth of Solomon's temple, and would he please save her the trouble of going to the Bible to find out?

The Miller of Old Church 1911

Here the whole chapiter of five cubits is referred to.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

The "height," sixty cubits, is so out of proportion with the "breadth," exceeding it ten times, that it seems best to suppose the thickness from breast to back to be intended, which is exactly the right proportion of a well-formed man [Augustine, The City of God, 15.26].

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

The length of the whole court was a hundred eighty-seven cubits, that is, from east to west.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Cyrus, in his edict for rebuilding the temple at Jerusalem, ordered that the height thereof should be sixty cubits, that is, thirty yards and more, Ezra vi.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

It is supposed (from Joshua iii. 4) that the distance between the nearest part of the camp and the tabernacle (or perhaps between them and the camp of the Levites, who pitched near the tabernacle) was 2000 cubits, that is, 1000 yards, little more than half

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721

To what degree they increased: they rose so high that not only the low flat countries were deluged, but to make sure work, and that none might escape, the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed -- fifteen cubits, that is, seven yards and a half; so that in vain was salvation hoped for from hills or mountains, Jer. iii.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721

It was a hundred cubits, that is, twenty-five fathoms broad, so that two vessels might pass with ease; it had depth enough to carry the largest ships; and was about a thousand stadia, that is, above fifty leagues long.

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701

Noah's Ark is said in the bible to be 300x40x50 cubits, that is 4 stories tall and half the size of the Titanic!

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Noah's Ark is said in the bible to be 300x40x50 cubits, that is 4 stories tall and half the size of the Titanic!

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