32 Bible Verses about Weights And Measures, Linear

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Jeremiah 52:21

One pillar was twenty-seven feet high and eighteen feet in circumference. It was three inches thick and hollow.

Exodus 25:25

Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim.

Exodus 37:12

The rim he made for it was a handbreadth all around. He also made gold molding all around it.

1 Kings 7:26

The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward like the petals of a lily. The tank held about ten thousand gallons.

2 Chronicles 4:5

The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about fifteen thousand gallons.

Psalm 39:5

Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.

Ezekiel 40:5

I saw a wall that surrounded the Temple. The man had a measuring stick that was ten and one half feet long. He measured the wall. It was ten and one half feet thick and ten and one half feet high.

Exodus 39:9

It was square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

1 Samuel 17:4

A fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines. His name was Goliath of Gath. He was over nine feet tall.

Ezekiel 43:13

These are the measurements of the altar, using royal measurements. The royal measuring stick was twenty-one inches long. The base of the altar was twenty-one inches high and twenty-one inches wide. All around the edge of the altar was a rim measuring nine inches wide. This was the height of the altar:

Exodus 25:10

Make a Box out of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

Exodus 37:1

Bezalel made the ark out of acacia wood forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

Genesis 7:20

The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet.

Exodus 27:9-18

Make a courtyard for the tent (tabernacle). The south side of the courtyard (toward the Negeb) should be one hundred and fifty feet long and have curtains made out of fine linen yarn. Hang on them twenty posts set in twenty copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver. The north side should be the same one hundred fifty feet long, with curtains on twenty posts set in twenty copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver.read more.
The courtyard on the west side should be seventy-five wide and have curtains hung on ten posts set in ten bases. On the east end, facing the rising sun, the courtyard should also be seventy-five feet wide. One side of the entrance will be twenty-two and one half feet wide with curtains hung on three posts set in three bases. The other side will be the same. Use four more of these posts for the entrance. Hang on them an embroidered curtain of fine linen ten yards long and woven with blue, purple, and red wool. The curtains that surround the courtyard must be two and a half yards high and should be hung from the bronze posts with silver hooks and rods. The courtyard should be one hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and seven and one half feet high. The curtains should be made of fine linen yarn and with copper bases.

Exodus 38:9-15

He made the courtyard. The south side curtains of the courtyard were fine twisted linen, one hundred and fifty feet long. The courtyard had twenty pillars, and twenty sockets, made of copper. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. The north side was also one hundred and fifty feet long with twenty posts and twenty copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts were made of silver.read more.
The west side was seventy-five feet long. It had curtains hung on ten posts set in ten bases. The hooks and bands on the posts were made of silver. The entrance was on the east side. The enclosure was also twenty-five yards wide. The curtains for the gate were twenty-two and one half feet long, with their three pillars and their three sockets, There were seven and one half yards of curtains with three posts and three bases on each side of the entrance.

1 Kings 6:2-3

The Temple Solomon built was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high inside. The entrance room was fifteen feet deep and thirty feet wide. It was as wide as the sanctuary.

2 Chronicles 3:3-4

This is how Solomon laid the foundation to build God's Temple. It was ninety feet long and thirty feet wide. (They used the old standard measurement.) The entrance hall in front of the main room was thirty feet wide (the same as the width of the temple) and thirty feet high. He covered its inside walls with pure gold.

1 Chronicles 11:23

And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, seven and a half feet tall. Egyptian had a spear like a weaver's beam in his hand. He went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

Ezekiel 45:1-6

Divide the land by drawing lots for the property you will inherit. Set aside an area forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long and thirty-five thousand feet wide for Jehovah. The entire area will be holy. An area of eight hundred and seventy-five feet square will be for the holy place with an open area eighty-seven and one half feet wide. Measure off an area forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long and seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide. The Holy Place, that is, the Most Holy Place, will be in this area.read more.
This holy part of the land will belong to the priests who serve in the Holy Place, the priests who come near to serve Jehovah. They will use this place for their homes, and it will be the location for the Holy Place. An area forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long and seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide will belong to the Levites who serve in the Temple. It will be given to them so that they have cities to live in. You must designate an area eight thousand seven hundred and fifty feet wide and forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long as the city's property. It will be located alongside the holy area. It will belong to all the people of Israel.

Ezekiel 47:3-5

With a measuring line in his hand, the man went eastward. He measured off fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my ankles. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my knees. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my waist. He measured another fifteen hundred feet. But the water had risen so much that it became a river that I could not cross. The river was too deep to cross except by swimming.

John 21:8

The other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away), dragging the net full of fishes.

Revelation 21:17

He measured the wall, two hundred feet, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

Ezekiel 41:8

I also saw a raised base all around the Temple. This base was the foundation for the side rooms. It measured the full length of the measuring rod, ten and one half feet.

Ezekiel 40:3

He brought me closer. I saw a man who looked like he was covered with bronze. The man was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring stick, and he stood in a gateway.

Revelation 11:1

There was given me a reed like a measuring rod: and the angel stood, saying: Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship there.

Revelation 21:15-16

He who talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and the gates and the wall. And the city lies foursquare. The length is as large as the width. He measured the city with the reed, fourteen hundred miles. The length and the width and the height of it are equal.

Matthew 5:41

Whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

Luke 24:13

That day two of them traveled to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

John 6:19

They rowed about four miles and saw Jesus walking on the sea. He came close to the boat. They were afraid.

John 11:18

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.

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