Cubit: A Measure of Distance
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Genesis 6:16
A window shall you make to the ark, and in a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.
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Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
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Ezekiel 40:5
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
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Ezekiel 43:13
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
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Revelation 21:17
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
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Greek
4083. pechus -- the forearm, ie a cubit
... 4083 -- "traditionally the distance from the elbow to the end of the fingers, about ...
Of uncertain affinity; the fore-arm, ie (as a measure) a cubit -- cubit. ...
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'According To' --II.
... What a Jew calls a 'cubit' an Englishman calls a 'foot ... chains of dread; it has bridged
over the infinite distance. ... of His grace,'"there is the measure of our ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/according toii.htm

Concerning the Tabernacle which Moses Built in the Wilderness for ...
... of those who viewed these curtains at a distance, for they ... Its breadth on each side
was a cubit, but the ... within made of wood, five cubits by measure on each ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 concerning the tabernacle.htm

He who Asserts that the Father is Prior' to the Son with any ...
... end of the lesser lying alongside of it we measure this excess ... it up to the end of
the longer; a cubit for instance, or whatever be the distance of the ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 25 he who asserts.htm

A Description of the Temple.
... while the entire compass of it was by measure six furlongs ... when they were coming
to it at a distance, like a ... also a wall of partition, about a cubit in height ...
/.../chapter 5 a description of 2.htm

The Creation of Luminous Bodies.
... appear dwarfed to our eyes, and in measure as they ... of the earth see it at the same
distance. ... mere appearance, and because it looks a cubit's breadth, imagine ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily vi the creation of.htm

The First Sign --The Marriage in Cana.
... met Him to Cana of Galilee was a distance of twenty ... untroubled days at Nazareth He
had taken the measure of this ... his spots, nor one of us add a cubit to his ...
/.../v the first signthe marriage.htm

Christianity Misunderstood by Men of Science.
... of the circumference should be an equal distance from the ... you by taking thought can
add one cubit onto his ... possible for man according to the measure in which ...
/.../the kingdom of god is within you/chapter iv christianity misunderstood by.htm

"Boast not Thyself of to Morrow, for Thou Knowest not what a Day ...
... is, to eternity, which is the only just measure of the ... sand blind,"can see nothing
at such a distance as beyond ... make one hair black, nor add one cubit to thy ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon vii boast not thyself.htm

Appendix. An Ordination Charge.
... But it is marvellous how soon the measure of a man is ... He cannot by taking thought
add one cubit to his ... off, and the noises recede into the distance; peace comes ...
/.../stalker/the preacher and his models/appendix an ordination charge.htm

Job's Regret and Our Own
... laxity of spirit, and walk at a distance from God ... that every Christian must backslide
in a measure, and that ... If you cannot add a cubit to your spiritual stature ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/jobs regret and our own.htm

Resources
What was the significance of the altar of incense? | GotQuestions.org

What was the significance of the temple veil being torn in two when Jesus died? | GotQuestions.org

What are the modern equivalents of biblical weights and measures? | GotQuestions.org

Cubit: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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