136 occurrences

'Cubits' in the Bible

And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Verse ConceptsBreadthHeightLengthBroadnessDimensions Of Other Thingsmathstructuremeasurement

Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

Verse ConceptsdepthCovering The EarthWeights And Measures, LinearDepthingFloods

And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Verse ConceptsBreadthWeights And Measures, LinearAcacia WoodChestsDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Verse ConceptsMercy SeatDimensions Of Temple FurnitureCovering The ArkGold Items For The TabernaclPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]

And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Temple Furniture

The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits one measure for all the curtains.

Verse ConceptsSame Sizes

The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits one measure for the eleven curtains.

Verse ConceptsSame Sizes

ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Other Things

And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.

Verse ConceptsBreadthBuildingHeightWoodSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side, southward, hangings for the court of twined byssus; a hundred cubits the length for the one side,

Verse ConceptsLinenMaking The TabernacleLinen Items

And likewise on the north side in length, hangings a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars, and their twenty bases of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

Verse ConceptsTwentyPillars For The TabernacleBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten.

Verse ConceptsWestTen ThingsWest Sides

And the breadth of the court on the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;

Verse ConceptsThe Sun

the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

Verse ConceptsThree Other ThingsDimensions Of Other Things

And on the other wing hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

Verse ConceptsThree Other ThingsDimensions Of Other Things

And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, embroidered with needlework; their pillars four, and their bases four.

Verse ConceptsembroideryFour SupportsPillars For The TabernacleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothMulti ColouredDimensions Of Other ThingsBlue Purple And Scarlet

The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper.

Verse ConceptsLinen ItemsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof square shall it be; and two cubits its height; of itself shall be its horns.

Verse ConceptsSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureOne Material Thing

The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits one measure for all the curtains.

Verse ConceptsSame Sizes

The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of one curtain one measure for the eleven curtains.

Verse ConceptsSame Sizes

ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Other Things

And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureCovering The ArkGold Items For The TabernaclPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]

And he made the table of acacia-wood; two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Verse ConceptsAcacia WoodDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood; a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself.

Verse ConceptsBreadthAltar Of IncenseSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureOne Material Thing

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.

Verse ConceptsWoodAcacia WoodSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze Altar

And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits;

Verse ConceptsLinenLinen Items

And on the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenTwentyBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsWest Sides

And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;

the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;

Verse ConceptsThree Other Things

and on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three.

Verse ConceptsThree Other Things

And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court;

Verse ConceptsembroideryColors, BlueGates Of The TempleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and drove quails from the sea, and cast them about the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the earth.

Verse ConceptsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWeights And Measures, DistancesWindBirds, Types Of BirdsGod Dispensing WindDimensions Of Other Things

And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.

Verse ConceptsWalls

And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesNorth, South, East And West

For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the residue of giants: behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? its length was nine cubits, and its breadth four cubits, after the cubit of a man.

Verse ConceptsBreadthBedsIronMetalsGiantsIron ObjectsSole SurvivorsDimensions Of Other Things

yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionNot Coming Near To GodUnuseddistancespace

And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearGiantsChampions

And the house that king Solomon built for Jehovah was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.

Verse ConceptsBreadthBuildingHeightDimensions Of Buildingsfreemasonry

And the porch, in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and ten cubits was its breadth, in front of the house.

Verse ConceptsPorchesDimensions Of Chambers

The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the thickness of the wall of the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Chambers

And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar.

Verse ConceptsHeightDecksDimensions Of ChambersCedar Woodstructure

And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built them for it within, to be the oracle, the most holy place.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceDimensions Of ChambersCedar Wood

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Chambers

And the oracle within was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the cedar-wood altar --

Verse ConceptsCubesDimensions Of ChambersOverlaid With WoodCedar Wood

And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

Verse ConceptsWoodDimensions Of Temple FurnitureTwo AngelsCherubim Depicted

and one wing of the cherub was five cubits, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing;

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Temple Furniture

and the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSame Sizes

The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSame Sizes

And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;

Verse ConceptsBeamsForestsBreadthBuildingFour SupportsRoyal HousesDimensions Of BuildingsCedar Wood

And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them.

Verse ConceptsHousesHallsDimensions Of Buildings

And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsFoundations Of BuildingsDimensions Of Other Things

And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveDimensions Of PillarsHollownessTwo Parts Of ConstructionsHollowBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits;

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of PillarsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work as in the porch, four cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Pillars

And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.

Verse ConceptsSculptureWeights And Measures, DistancesDimensions Of Temple FurnitureCircles

And he made ten bases of brass: four cubits was the length of one base, and the breadth four cubits, and the height three cubits.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; every laver was four cubits; upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

Verse ConceptsWashingWeights And Measures, LiquidTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureMeans Of PurifyingBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner-gate, four hundred cubits.

Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallNamed GatesList Of Kings Of Israel

The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass: and similarly for the second pillar with the network.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of PillarsPomegranates

He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

Verse ConceptsBeamsCraftsmenSpearsWeights And Measures, LinearGiants

And this was Solomon's foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthThe First Templeconstructionmeasurement

And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

Verse ConceptsPorchesDimensions Of Chambers

And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

Verse ConceptsLengthMost Holy PlaceDimensions Of Chambers

And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.

Verse ConceptsCherubim

And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.

The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

Verse ConceptsTwo Parts Of Constructions

And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.

Verse ConceptsBreadthSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar

And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.

For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,

Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthProclamationsThe Second TempleDimensions Of BuildingsThe First Temple

The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.

Verse ConceptsNamed GatesGay Marriage

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesDimensions Of Other ThingsPeople Hung To DeathNamed Wives

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold, also, the gallows fifty cubits high, that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsAbasement, Examples OfDimensions Of Other Things

And as to the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

Verse ConceptsFingersWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of PillarsBreadthHollownessHollow

And the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the one capital was five cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass; and similarly for the second pillar, and the pomegranates.

Verse ConceptsNetsDimensions Of PillarsTop Of Things

And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, each of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Verse ConceptsLengthWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of WallsDimensions Of Other Things

And each chamber was one reed long and one reed broad; and between the chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate, beside the porch of the gate within, was one reed.

Verse ConceptsBreadthPorchesDimensions Of ChambersDimensions Of DoorwaysRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysDimensions Of PillarsPillars For Ezekiel's Temple

And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Doorways

And there was a border before the chambers of one cubit, and a border of one cubit on the other side; and the chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

Verse ConceptsSquaresDimensions Of ChambersDimensions Of Other ThingsRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

And he measured the gate from the roof of one chamber to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits, entry opposite entry.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Doorways

And he made posts, sixty cubits, and by the post was the court of the gate round about.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardDimensions Of PillarsPillars For Ezekiel's Templemeasurement

And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

And he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate unto the front of the inner court outside, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.

And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its projections were according to the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and breadth five and twenty cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysPillars For Ezekiel's TempleSame SizesThree Parts Of ConstructionsRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

And the gate of the inner court was opposite to the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

Verse ConceptsOpposite SidesNorth GatesEast Gates

And there were windows to it and to its projections round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysWindows For The Temple

And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

Verse ConceptsFacing SouthCourts Of The Temple

and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysPillars For Ezekiel's TempleWindows For The TempleSame SizesRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

And there were projections round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of ChambersRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysPillars For Ezekiel's TempleWindows For The TempleSame SizesRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

its chambers, its posts, and its projections; and there were windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysPillars For Ezekiel's TempleWindows For The TempleRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

And he measured the court, the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, four square: and the altar was before the house.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesSquaresSetting Up The Bronze AltarIn FrontCourts Of The Temple

And he brought me to the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and the breadth of the gate, three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysDimensions Of PillarsMeasuring The Temple

The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, even by the steps whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysTen ThingsDimensions Of ChambersPillars For Ezekiel's TempleSteps

And he brought me to the temple; and he measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, the breadth of the tent.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of PillarsPillars For Ezekiel's TempleMeasuring The TempleRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

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