'Measurements' in the Bible

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.