Thematic Bible: Measures


Thematic Bible











And the city lies four-square, and its length is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs; and the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. Verse ConceptsBreadthHeightLengthSquaresCubesEleven To Nineteen ThousandCity SquaresMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandNew JerusalemNervousnessoutreachmeasurement




















Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, Lineardistance

And, behold, two of them that very day were journeying to a village, the name of which was Emmaus, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearTwo Disciples











and whosoever shall impress you to go one mile, go with him two. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearGoing TogetherOutward CompulsionPeople Willing




and, sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and, going a little further, and again sounding, they found fifteen fathoms. Verse ConceptsdepthDepthingNavigation


Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the Jews' manner of purifying, containing, each, two or three firkins. Verse ConceptsJews, TheJudaismRitual WashingWashingWaterWeights And Measures, LiquidSix ThingsWater ContainersStone ItemsMeans Of PurifyingPurifying OneselfOther Volume Measures