32 Bible Verses about Weights And Measures, Linear

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Jeremiah 52:21

Each of the pillars was twelve cubits high and its circumference twelve cubits. It was hollow and about a handbreadth thick.

Exodus 25:25

You are to make a rim one handbreadth in width around it, and you are to make a gold molding around the rim.

Exodus 37:12

He made a rim one handbreadth wide around it, and made a gold molding around the rim.

1 Kings 7:26

The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.

2 Chronicles 4:5

It was a handbreadth thick, with its brim fashioned like the brim of a cup. Similar in shape to a lily blossom, it could hold 3,000 baths.

Psalm 39:5

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

Ezekiel 40:5

All of a sudden, we were at the exterior wall that completely surrounded the Temple. The man whom I had observed held a measuring reed that was six cubits long as measured in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth long. As he measured the thickness of the wall, he measured out one reed. Its height was also one reed.

Exodus 28:16

It is to be square when folded double, one hand span long and one hand span wide.

Exodus 39:9

They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span in length and one span in width when folded double.

1 Samuel 17:4

A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was four cubits and a span tall,

Ezekiel 43:13

"Here are the measurements of the altar in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth long: its base is a cubit long and a cubit wide, and its border around the edge at one handbreadth is to be the height of the altar.

Exodus 25:10

"They are to make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

Exodus 37:1

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

Genesis 7:20

The flood waters rose 15 cubits above the mountains.

Exodus 27:9-18

"You are to make the court of the tent. On the south side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 cubits long on one side. It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver. Likewise for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubits long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver.read more.
"The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits long with ten pillars and ten sockets. The width of the court on the east side is to be 50 cubits. The hangings for the one section are to be fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets. "For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three sockets. There is to be a screen of 20 cubits of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it is to have four pillars and four sockets. All the pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze. The length of the court is to be 100 cubits, the width 50 cubits, and the height five cubits, with the hangings of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze.

Exodus 38:9-15

Then hemade the court. On the south side the hangings for the court were made of fine woven linen, 100 cubits long. He made their 20 pillars and their 20 sockets of bronze, while the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. The north side was 100 cubits long, and its 20 pillars and 20 sockets were made of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. read more.
For the west side there were hangings 50 cubits long with their ten pillars and ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. The east side was 50 cubits long. The hangings for one section were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets, and also for the second section. On either side of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits long with their three pillars and three sockets.

1 Kings 6:2-3

The Temple for the LORD that Solomon was building was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide. A portico extended in front of the Temple for 20 cubits outward, corresponding to the width of the Temple. Along the front of the Temple its depth was ten cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:3-4

These are the foundations that Solomon set in place for God's Temple. The length in terms of the former standard measurements: 60 cubits; its width: 20 cubits. A portico extended in front of the Temple for its entire width of 20 cubits, and was 120 cubits high. Inside he had it overlaid with pure gold.

1 Chronicles 11:23

He also killed a soldier from Egypt of enormous height five cubits tall. The Egyptian carried a spear comparable in size to a weaver's beam, but Benaiah attacked him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

Ezekiel 45:1-6

"When you divide the land for an inheritance, you are to present a Terumah to the LORD, a consecrated portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. Everything within this area is to be treated as holy. A Holy Place is to be dedicated from this area in the form of a square measuring 500 by 500 cubits, with a 50 cubit buffer zone surrounding it. From this area a measure is to be made 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide, which is to contain the sanctuary, the holiest of holy objects. read more.
It is to be a holy portion of the land, set aside for the priests who serve the sanctuary, who approach the LORD to serve him. It is to be a place for their houses, as well as the Holy Place of the sanctuary. An area 25,000 cubits long by 10,000 cubits wide is to be set aside for use by the Levite servants of the Temple, 20 parcels for their residential properties. The land allocation for the city is to be set at 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the sanctuary district, reserved for the entire house of Israel."

Ezekiel 47:3-5

As the man went out toward the east, he carried a measuring line in his hand. He measured out 1,000 cubits as he led me through water that was ankle-deep. Then he measured out another 1,000 cubits, where he led me through water that was knee-deep. And then he measured out another 1,000 cubits, where the water was waist-deep. When he had measured out another 1,000 cubits, the water had become deep enough that I wasn't able to ford it. Instead, I would have had to swim through it.

John 21:8

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about 200 cubits away from the shore.

Revelation 21:17

He also measured its wall. According to the human measurement that the angel was using, it was 144 cubits.

Ezekiel 41:8

I observed a raised platform that surrounded the Temple, and the foundations of the side chambers were a full six cubits deep.

Ezekiel 40:3

That's where he took me. All of a sudden, there was a man whose appearance resembled glowing bronze! He had a measuring reed and line in his hand as he stood in the city gate.

Revelation 11:1

Then I was given a stick like a measuring rod. I was told, "Stand up and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there.

Revelation 21:15-16

The angel who was talking to me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. The city was cubic in shape: its length was the same as its width. He measured the city with his rod, and it measured at 12,000 stadia:Its length, width, and height were the same.

Matthew 5:41

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go two with him.

Luke 24:13

On the same day, two of Jesus' followers were walking to a village called Emmaus, about 60 stadia from Jerusalem.

John 6:19

After they had rowed about 25 or 30 stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea toward their boat. They became terrified.

John 11:18

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away,

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