Thematic Bible: A measure (about four inches)


Thematic Bible



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.

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.

As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.

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.

You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.

“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.

“Surely My hand founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together.

The double hooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.