'Miles' in the Bible

And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;

And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.

The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.