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To: ealgeone
Had you read the entire thread, you would have seen that my issue is with text that reads "exactly 300 cubits". If one wants to write a scientific-like article it is unwise to claim exact compliance with a unit of measure that varies according to individual people. I know of no credible association of anybody's cubit to modern measurement systems. The claim that some Egyptian unit is accurately known is not well substantiated and the notion that Noah used the Egyptian unit is preposterous.

The author would seem more credible if he used language that took the lack of precision of a cubit into account.

227 posted on 11/23/2022 4:29:08 PM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK
It's irrelevant what the article says. What's relevant is what the account in Genesis records. It notes 300 cubits is the length. I'm good with that.

Here's some info on cubits and the conversion.

https://arkencounter.com/noahs-ark/cubit/

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/janthro/2014/489757/

228 posted on 11/23/2022 4:52:09 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: GingisK
Had you read the entire thread, you would have seen that my issue is with text that reads "exactly 300 cubits".

I'm not finding the phrase, "exactly 300 cubits" in the article anywhere.

229 posted on 11/23/2022 5:00:02 PM PST by ealgeone
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