'Measurements' in the Bible
Now this is the [measurement of the] foundation which Solomon laid for the house of God: the length in cubits—by the old standard of measure—was sixty cubits (90 ft.), and the width was twenty cubits (30 ft.).
Then the man (angel) brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.
Then he brought me to the north gate and he measured it; the measurements were the same as those of the other gates,
“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar.