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Cubit

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C By: James P. Boyd

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(elbow). Distance from the elbow to end of the middle finger, or about 21.8 inches (Gen. 6:15¹⁵And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. (Genesis 6:15); 1 Sam. 17:4⁴And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. (1 Samuel 17:4)).

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