Thematic Bible: A hand-breadth
Thematic Bible
natural Life » Is compared to » A hand-breadth
Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man standing is altogether vanity. Selah.
Measure » A hand-breadth
And these are the measures of the altar by the cubit. The cubit is a cubit and a span; even the base shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit, and its border by its edge all around shall be a span. And this is the upper part of the altar.
And it was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, with a bud of a lily. It contained two thousand baths.
And behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring reed, six cubits long, with a cubit and a span. And he measured the building's breadth, one reed; and the height, one reed.
And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies. It received and held three thousand baths.
And you shall make to it a border of a hand's breadth round about. And you shall make a golden crown to the border of it, all around.
Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man standing is altogether vanity. Selah.
And the double hooks of one span were fastened in the house all around, and on the tables the flesh of the offering.
Also he made for it a border all around, of a hand's breadth. And he made a crown of gold for the border of it all around.