Translation | Verse | Text |
King James | Ex 26:16 | Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
CUBIT | A measure used among the ancients. A cubit was originally the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger, which is the fourth part of a well-proportioned man's stature. The Hebrew cubit, according to some, is twenty-one inches; but others fix it at eighteen. The Talmudists observe that the Hebrew cubit was larger by one quarter than the Roman. |