Thematic Bible: A hand-breadth


Thematic Bible



“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

“And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one span; and this shall be the height of the base of the altar. Verse ConceptsdepthHeightWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Thingsmeasurement

It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthEdge Of Other Things

And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. Verse ConceptsLengthWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of WallsDimensions Of Other Things

It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, Linear

You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

The double hooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsDimensions Of Other Things

He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things