In the Book of Genesis, what is described as 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high?
"of his book, and again on the basis of the shape of the letter τ, Clement says the ""300""-cubit length of Noah's ark was seen as a foreshadowing of the cross of Christ: ""there are some who say that three hundred cubits are the symbol of the Lord’s sign"" (εἰσὶ δ' οἳ τοὺς τριακοσίους πήχεις σύμβολον τοῦ κυριακοῦ σημείου λέγουσι). William Barclay notes that, because the letter T is shaped exactly like the ""crux commissa"" and because the Greek letter T represented the number 300, ""wherever the fathers came across the number 300 in the Old Testament they took it"
"60 cubits, and the breadth thereof 20 cubits, and the height thereof 30 cubits."" And says: ""And before the Sanctuary which was 20 cubits in length, and 20 cubits in breadth, and 20 cubits in the height thereof."" Rabbi Hanina replied that accounts for the space from the edge of the Cherubim upwards. The Gemara deduced that thus teaches that the 10 cubits of space below (from the floor to the top of the Cherubim) was like the 20 cubits of space above (the Cherubim) in that neither space served any material purpose. (Both spaces were devoid of any structure.)"
"biblical giants. The 1st-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, and the 1st-2nd-century BC Dead Sea Scrolls give Goliath's height as ""four cubits and a span,"" approximately 2.00 m or about six feet seven inches. The King James translation of the Bible reports the giant Goliath as ""six cubits and a span"" in height—about nine feet nine inches tall, (over 2.75 m) ( KJV), but the Septuagint, a Greek Bible, gives Goliath's height as ""four cubits and a span"" (~2.00 m). For comparison, the Anakites are described as making the Israelites seem like grasshoppers. See also Gibborim. Josephus also described the Amorites"
"appearance. Technical details are lacking, since the scribes who wrote the books were not architects or engineers. Nevertheless, the descriptions have inspired modern replicas of the temple and influenced later structures around the world. Reconstructions differ; the following is largely based on ""Easton's Bible Dictionary"" and the ""Jewish Encyclopedia"": The Holy of Holies, or ""Kodesh haKodashim"" in Hebrew, (1 Kings 6:19; 8:6), also called the ""Inner House"" (6:27), (Heb. 9:3) was 20 cubits in length, breadth, and height. The usual explanation for the discrepancy between its height and the 30-cubit height of the temple is that its floor was elevated,"
"inside and outside. The Ark was to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. It was to have an opening for daylight near the top, an entrance on its side, and three decks. God told Noah that God would establish a covenant with Noah, and that he, his sons, his wife, his sons' wives, and two of each kind of beast — male and female — would survive in the Ark. Noah did everything that God commanded him to do. The first reading (, ""aliyah"") ends here with the end of chapter In the second reading"
"the length of the Tabernacle courtyard reported in at 100 cubits added to the length of the Tabernacle — 30 cubits — to total 130 cubits. And the Midrash taught that this number was alluded to when (as reports) the prince of the Tribe of Simeon brought an offering of ""one silver dish, the weight of which was 130 shekels."" The Midrash taught that the dish was an allusion to the court that encompassed the Tabernacle as the sea encompasses the world. Rabbi Phinehas ben Yair taught that the 60 rams, 60 goats, and 60 lambs that reports that the"
"cubits. And the Midrash taught that this number was alluded to when (as reports) the prince of the Tribe of Simeon brought an offering of ""one silver dish, the weight of which was 130 shekels."" The Midrash taught that the dish was in allusion to the court that encompassed the Tabernacle as the sea encompasses the world. The Gemara, however, cited Abaye's as the plain meaning of the words, ""The length of the court shall be 100 cubits, and the breadth 50 everywhere,"" in Abaye taught that the Israelites erected the Tabernacle 50 cubits from the entrance to the courtyard,"
"Rephaim is a Hebrew word for giants. Deut. 3:11 declares that his ""bedstead"" (translated in some texts as ""sarcophagus"") of iron is ""nine cubits in length and four cubits in width"", which is 13.5 ft by 6 ft according to the standard cubit of a man. It goes on to say that at the royal city of Rabbah of the Ammonites, his giant bedstead could still be seen as a novelty at the time the narrative was written. If the giant king's bedstead was built in proportion to his size as most beds are, he may have been between 9"
"of the hypothetical centre is a rectangular cut in the rock that is about 2.5 cubits (min. 120.4 cm SI) long and 1.5 cubits (min. 72.24 cm SI) wide, which are the dimensions of the Ark of the Covenant (according to the Book of Exodus). The Mishnah gives the height of the rock as three thumb-breadths (min. 6 cm SI) above the ground. Radbaz discusses the apparent contradiction of the Mishnah’s measurements and the actual measurement of the rock within the Dome he estimates as a “height of two men” above the ground. He concluded that many changes in the"
"measuring ten cubits high. In , Hezekiah prays, addressing Yahweh as ""enthroned above the cherubim"" (referring to the mercy seat). Cherubim feature at some length in the Book of Ezekiel. While they first appear in chapter one, in which they are transporting the throne of Yahweh by the river Chebar, they are not called ""cherubim"" until chapter 10. In Ezekiel 1:5-11 they are described as having the likeness of a man, and having four faces: that of a man, a lion (on the right side), and ox (on the left side), and an eagle. The four faces represent the four"
"2,000 cubits square, between 50 and 60 cubits in height, enough to nourish the Israelites for 2,000 years and to be seen from the palaces of every king in the East and West. This is probably a metaphorical statement. According to Exodus, Shabbat (Sabbath) was reinstituted the first week manna appeared. It states that twice as much manna as usual was available on the sixth morning of the week, and none at all could be found on the seventh day; although manna usually rotted and became maggot-infested after a single night, that which had been collected on the sixth day"
"Tabernacle and the altar were ten cubits (about 15 feet) high. In Moses foretold that ""A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you . . . ""like me"","" and Rabbi Johanan thus taught that prophets would have to be, like Moses, strong, wealthy, wise, and meek. Strong, for says of Moses, ""he spread the tent over the tabernacle,"" and a Master taught that Moses himself spread it, and reports, ""Ten cubits shall be the length of a board."" Similarly, the strength of Moses can be derived from in which Moses reports, ""And I took the two tablets,"
"like the ""cella"" of other ancient temples. It was floored and wainscotted with cedar of Lebanon (1 Kings 6:16), and its walls and floor were overlaid with gold (6:20, 21, 30) amounting to 600 talents (2 Chr. 3:8) or roughly 20 metric tons. It contained two cherubim of olive-wood, each 10 cubits high (1 Kings 6:16, 20, 21, 23–28) and each having outspread wings of 10 cubits span, so that, since they stood side by side, the wings touched the wall on either side and met in the center of the room. There was a two-leaved door between it and"
"15 cubits high). The Gemara explained that according to Rabbi Jose's reading, the words of ""And the height five cubits,"" meant from the upper edge of the altar to the top of the hangings. And according to Rabbi Jose, the words of ""and the height thereof shall be three cubits,"" meant that there were three cubits from the edge of the terrace (on the side of the altar) to the top of the altar. Rabbi Judah, however, granted that the priest could be seen outside the Tabernacle, but argued that the sacrifice in his hands could not be seen. A"
"century later in his ""Sermão da Epifania"", expressed amazement at how much this 'number of tongues' could be surpassed, there being hundreds of mutually unintelligible languages indigenous only to Peru and Brazil. The Book of Genesis does not mention how tall the tower was. The phrase used to describe the tower, “its top in the sky” (v.4), was an idiom for impressive height; rather than implying arrogance this was simply a cliché for height. The tower's height is discussed in various extra-canonical sources. The Book of Jubilees mentions the tower's height as being 5,433 cubits and 2 palms, or ,"
"cubits long, and 1.5 cubits wide; the Ark and cover were, according to this passage, kept inside the Holy of Holies – the Temple's innermost sanctuary, which was separated from the remainder of the temple by a thick curtain (""parochet""), because the ark and ""mercy seat"" were associated with the presence of Yahweh. The account also states that two golden statues of cherubim were placed at each end of the cover, facing one another and the cover, with their wings spread in order to enclose the cover (Exodus 25:18-21); according to the Books of Samuel, these cherubim together formed a"
"so large that if one was to be filled with water, the water alone would weigh 14 long tons. Much greater detail is elaborated for the description of the supporting bases (Hebrew: ""Mekonoth"") for the lavers. In the masoretic text, these are claimed to be four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high, but the older Septuagint, and Josephus, both claim instead give the size as five cubits long, five cubits wide, and six cubits high. These bases are described as being made from two components; in the Masoretic Text, these are described by the Hebrew terms ""misgeroth"""
"to stop the passage of the bill on its second reading, after which the assembly thoroughly ridiculed it before tabling it indefinitely. It is sometimes claimed that the Hebrew Bible implies that "" equals three"", based on a passage in and giving measurements for the round basin located in front of the Temple in Jerusalem as having a diameter of 10 cubits and a circumference of 30 cubits. The issue is discussed in the Talmud and in Rabbinic literature. Among the many explanations and comments are these: There is still some debate on this passage in biblical scholarship. Many reconstructions"
"standing 50 meters (164 feet)-100 meters (328 feet) tall and weighing 30,000 metric tons (33,069 short tons)-50,000 metric tons (55,115 short tons). King Caesar is shown to be swift and athletic. It can also draw an enemy's energy weapons into its right eye and reflect them back from its left eye with ten times the force, and empower itself with solar energy. King Caesar is portrayed as an incredibly agile martial artist, possessing both speed and super-strength. He is also capable of absorbing energy beam attacks or energy projections and reflecting this energy back at his opponent through his eyes."
"height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits; with three layers of huge stones and one layer of timbers. And let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.' (Ezra 6:3–5) As a result of Cyrus's policies, the Jews honored him as a dignified and righteous king. However, there is no evidence that"
"of the church. The epigram claims that the church was laid out as a replica of the ancient Jewish Temple with the precise proportions given in the Bible for the Temple of Solomon, and using the royal cubit as a unit of measure, as in its model. Richard Martin Harrison, the site's chief excavator, has reconstructed the church as a roughly square basilica, ca. 52 m long on the sides, with a central nave and two side aisles, fronted by a narthex and preceded by a large atrium of 26 m length. To the north of the atrium, remains of"
"that according to Rabbi Jose's reading, the words of ""And the height five cubits,"" meant from the upper edge of the altar to the top of the hangings. And according to Rabbi Jose, the words of ""and the height thereof shall be three cubits,"" meant that there were three cubits from the edge of the terrace (on the side of the altar) to the top of the altar. Rabbi Judah, however, granted that the priest could be seen outside the Tabernacle, but argued that the sacrifice in his hands could not be seen. A Midrash taught that the altar was"
"a striking first-order (father-to-son, brother-to-brother) relationship to Tutankhamun. The entire chamber was occupied by four gilded wooden shrines which surrounded the king's sarcophagus. The outer shrine ([1] in the cross-section) measured 5.08 x 3.28 x 2.75 m and 32 mm thick, almost entirely filling the room, with only 60 cm at either end and less than 30 cm on the sides. Outside of the shrines were 11 paddles for the ""solar boat"", containers for scents, and lamps decorated with images of the God Hapi. The fourth and last shrine ([4]) was 2.90 m long and 1.48 m wide. The wall"
"Gabriel's Revelation Gabriel's Revelation, also called Hazon Gabriel (the Vision of Gabriel) or the Jeselsohn Stone, is a stone tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew text written in ink, containing a collection of short prophecies written in the first person. It is dated to the late 1st century BCE or early first century CE and is considered important for understanding Jewish messianic expectations in the Second Temple Period. ""Gabriel's Revelation"" is a gray micritic limestone tablet with 87 lines (in two columns, 44 and 43 lines) of Hebrew text written in ink. It measures 37 centimeters (width) by 93 or"
"and says, ""The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits"" (teaching that the walls of the courtyard were 15 cubits high). The Gemara explained that according to Rabbi Jose's reading, the words of ""And the height five cubits,"" meant from the upper edge of the altar to the top of the hangings. And according to Rabbi Jose, the words of ""and the height thereof shall be three cubits,"" meant that there were three cubits from the edge of the terrace (on the side of the altar) to the top of the altar. Rabbi Judah, however, granted that the priest"
"surrounded by a wall made of jasper. It says in that the height, length, and width are of equal dimensions - as it was with the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and First Temple - and they measure 12,000 furlongs (which is approximately 1500.3 miles, or 1 furlong = approx 220 yards). John writes that the wall is 144 cubits, which is assumed to be the thickness since the length is mentioned previously. 144 cubits are about equal to 65 meters, or 72 yards. It is important to note that 12 is the square root of 144. The number"
"Temple, and the New Jerusalem described in Revelations 21. The temple is three storeys tall and measures 60 feet square by 75 feet high. The building is of timber frame construction, held together with mortice and tenon joints. It is square, and each side symmetrical, with tall centred double doors on each side to ""allow all to enter on an equal footing"". On either side of the door are three tall, sliding sash windows; there are 3 more per side on the second storey, and one on the third. At each of the building's twelve corners is a square lantern"
"in ordinary cubits. (An ordinary cubit is the length of a man's forearm according to the New American Standard Bible, or approximately 18 inches, which differs from a royal cubit. This makes the bed over 13 feet long, even longer if the cubit was based on a giant's forearm). Anak, according to , was a Rephaite. The area of Moab at Ar (the region east of the Jordan), before the time of Moses, was also considered the land of the Rephaites. notes that the Ammonites called the Rephaites ""Zamzummim"". In , the Moabites referred to them as the ""Emim"". Rephaim"
"as intimating that from a particular point, there were 12 cubits in all directions, hence from the center). Rabbi Jose, however, reasoned that a common use of the word ""square"" applied to the height of the altar. Rabbi Judah said that one should read literally the words of ""And the height thereof shall be three cubits."" But Rabbi Jose noted that uses the word ""square"" (, ""ravua""), just as uses the word ""square"" (, ""ravua"", referring to the inner altar). Rabbi Jose argued that just as in the altar's height was twice its length, so too in the height was"
"Boaz and Jachin According to the Bible, Boaz and Jachin were two copper, brass or bronze pillars which stood on the porch of Solomon's Temple, the first Temple in Jerusalem. They are sometimes used as symbols in Freemasonry and Tarot. The pillars had a size nearly six feet (1.8 metres) thick and 27 feet (8.2 metres) tall. The eight-foot (2.4 metres) high brass chapiters, or capitals, on top of the columns bore decorations, in brass, of lilies. The original measurement as taken from the Torah was in cubits, which records that the pillars were 18 cubits high and 12 cubits"
"of Jubilees contains one of the most detailed accounts found anywhere of the Tower. And they began to build, and in the fourth week they made brick with fire, and the bricks served them for stone, and the clay with which they cemented them together was asphalt which comes out of the sea, and out of the fountains of water in the land of Shinar. And they built it: forty and three years were they building it; its breadth was 203 bricks, and the height [of a brick] was the third of one; its height amounted to 5433 cubits and"
"Shrine 261, the Anubis Shrine. Almost immediately after publication of the photographs of this sensational archaeological find, some claimed that the Anubis Shrine could be the Ark of the Covenant. John M. Lundquist, author of ""The Temple of Jerusalem: Past, Present, and Future"" (2008), discounts this idea. The Anubis Shrine measures long, wide, and high in the shape of a pylon. The Biblical Ark of the Covenant is approximately long, wide, and high in the shape of a rectangular chest. Lundquist observes that the Anubis Shrine is not strictly analogous to the Ark of the Covenant; it can only be"
"and small with no good looks. As quoted by Eisler, both Hierosolymitanus and John of Damascus claim that ""the Jew Josephus"" described Jesus as having had connate eyebrows with goodly eyes and being long-faced, crooked and well-grown. In a letter of certain bishops to the Emperor Theophilus, Jesus's height is described as three cubits (four feet six), which was also the opinion of Ephrem Syrus (320–379 AD), ""God took human form and appeared in the form of three human ells (cubits); he came down to us small of stature."" Theodore of Mopsuhestia likewise claimed that the appearance of Christ was"