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The biblical ell is closely related to the cubit, but two different factors are given in the Bible; Ezekiel's measurements imply that the ell was equal to 1 cubit plus 1 palm (Tefah), [6] [7] while elsewhere in the Bible, the ell is equated with 1 cubit exactly.
Epiphanius of Salamis, in his treatise On Weights and Measures, describes how it was customary, in his day, to take the measurement of the biblical cubit: "The cubit is a measure, but it is taken from the measure of the forearm. For the part from the elbow to the wrist and the palm of the hand is called the cubit, the middle finger of the cubit ...
"A cubit and a handbreadth": a cubit is about "44.4 cm or 17.5 in."; a handbreadth (or "four fingers thick") is about "7.4 cm or 2.9 in." [16] Epiphanius of Salamis, in his treatise On Weights and Measures, describes that: "the part from the elbow to the wrist and the palm of the hand is called the cubit, the middle finger of the cubit measure ...
These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar: [22] "Cubit": here is a "long cubit", about 21 inches (53 cm), a sum of "short cubit" and "a handbreadth" as defined in Ezekiel 40: ...
Andrey Demskiy, 28, is accused of first attacking his wife and mother-in-law before beheading his 1-year-old son with a knife, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
The basic Jewish traditional unit of distance was the cubit (Hebrew: אמה), each cubit being roughly between 46–60 centimetres (18–24 in) [2] The standard measurement of the biblical mile, or what is sometimes called tǝḥūm šabbat [3] (Sabbath limit; Sabbath boundary), was 2,000 cubits. [4] [5]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department late on Wednesday asked a U.S. appeals court to reject an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent ...