Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

**IntheGroove** · Mar 25, 2021, 12:55 PM

What's a cubit? How long can you tread water...

**mklotz** · Mar 25, 2021, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by IntheGroove

What's a cubit?

In the inferial spirit...four and a half hands, give or take a finger.

**Philip Davies** · Mar 25, 2021, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by IntheGroove

What's a cubit? How long can you tread water...

Roughly, from forefinger to elbow. Most encounter the word in the Bible (KJV) It’s before the walking on water bit.

**mklotz** · Mar 26, 2021, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Philip Davies

Roughly, from forefinger to elbow. Most encounter the word in the Bible (KJV) It’s before the walking on water bit.

Also in the famous Christian proof that pi is equal to three...

"And he [Hiram] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one rim to the other it was round all about, and...a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about....And it was an hand breadth thick...." — First Kings, chapter 7, verses 23 and 26

**Karl_H** · Mar 26, 2021, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by mklotz

Also in the famous Christian proof that pi is equal to three...
First Kings, chapter 7, verses 23 and 26

and a footnote:

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**Philip Davies** · Mar 26, 2021, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by mklotz

Also in the famous Christian proof that pi is equal to three...

"And he [Hiram] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one rim to the other it was round all about, and...a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about....And it was an hand breadth thick...." — First Kings, chapter 7, verses 23 and 26

Yes, but, you see they had cubits for radii and longer cubits for circumference.

**mklotz** · Mar 26, 2021, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Philip Davies

Yes, but, you see they had cubits for radii and longer cubits for circumference.

Their god gave them a fairly exacting description of the box he wanted built...

It is to be 2-1/2 cubits in length, 1-1/2 in breadth, and 1-1/2 in height.

Given their freewheeling with the length of a cubit when building basins, they stood a good chance of botching the job and seeing a big finger pointing out of the sky and a booming voice, "You clumsy bastards, can't you get anything right?"

What is the "molten sea" mentioned in the biblical quote? Was "sea" an ancient name for a basin or is this just another mistranslation like the "horns" on Moses' head?

**Philip Davies** · Mar 27, 2021, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by mklotz

Their god gave them a fairly exacting description of the box he wanted built...

It is to be 2-1/2 cubits in length, 1-1/2 in breadth, and 1-1/2 in height.

Given their freewheeling with the length of a cubit when building basins, they stood a good chance of botching the job and seeing a big finger pointing out of the sky and a booming voice, "You clumsy bastards, can't you get anything right?"

What is the "molten sea" mentioned in the biblical quote? Was "sea" an ancient name for a basin or is this just another mistranslation like the "horns" on Moses' head?

Your comments upset me a bit, but since you ask, I’ll tell you.
The molten sea simply refers to the fact that it was cast from bronze. The Israelite women gave up their “brazen” mirrors. It was five cubits high and its capacity was 19,386 gallons. It was used for ritual cleansing. It was only filled two-thirds.
The horn is a symbol of authority.
The common Egyptian cubit, 6 palms of 4 digits each, is 6 to 7 of the Royal cubit, which Newton called “profane”. The sacred cubit, measured in the Jerusalem temple, measures 2.0736 feet and is in 6 to 5 ratio with the Royal, ie 30 digits. The Athenian foot is half a sacred cubit. (Source: John Neal)