'Cubits' in the Bible
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.
The lower structures were five cubits wide, the middle structures were six cubits wide and the third structures were seven cubits wide. Offsets were placed all around the Temple so that beams would not protrude through the walls of the Temple.
He constructed this structure to adjoin the entire Temple, five cubits high, and fastened it to the Temple with cedar timbers.
He lined 20 cubits of the rear part of the Temple from floor to ceiling with cedar boards specially constructed for the inside to serve as the Most Holy Place.
The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits long.
The inner sanctuary was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high, and overlaid with pure gold. The altar was also overlaid with cedar.
Inside the inner sanctuary Solomon placed two cherubim crafted from olive wood, each ten cubits high.
Each wing of one cherub was five cubits long, and each wing of the other cherub was five cubits long, so that the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was ten cubits.
Each cherub was ten cubits high, and both were of the same size and shape,
the height of one cherub being ten cubits, as was the height of the other.
He built his own palace out of timber supplied from the forest of Lebanon. It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, 20 cubits tall, and was constructed on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams interlocking the pillars.
There was also a hall of pillars 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide, and a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of the pillars.
The foundation was made of expensive stone, including large stones ten cubits long and stones eight cubits long.
He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits.
He also crafted two capitals of cast bronze and set them on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs,
Hiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference.
Hiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high.
The four wheels were placed underneath the borders, and the axles for the wheels were on the stand. Each wheel stood one and a half cubits high.
Hiram also fashioned ten bronze basins, each holding about 40 baths, each basin measuring four cubits in diameter, with one basin for each stand.