What is the Biblical measure from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger?
Question #3033. Asked by jackiron.
Noah
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Noah
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The cubit
Jun 05 2000, 6:29 AM
Yaarbiriah
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Yaarbiriah 21 year member
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Called the 'amah' in the original Hebrew. There are many references to it in Exodus, particularly in the details of the construction of the tabernacle, as well as in Genesis, in the construction of Noah's ark.
Apr 24 2007, 6:19 PM
zbeckabee
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zbeckabee Moderator 18 year member
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A cubit is a measure of the distance from one’s elbow to the tip of his/her middle finger. The standard cubit is 18 inches.
http://www.midwestapologetics.org/articles/general/bibleandpi.htm