[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Pi would be 540/172 = 3.1359 (rounded to 4 decimal points) with current pi rounded to same = 3.1416, less than 0.07% off from modern calculations, done with crude measuring techniques.

Exactly, and keep in mind that what is crude is OUR knowledge of exactly how long a "cubit" and a "hand" are. We approximate a cubit at 18 inches, but it is highly unlikely that 1 cubit = 18.0000 inches.

[Godzilla]

Exactly, and keep in mind that what is crude is OUR knowledge of exactly how long a "cubit" and a "hand" are. We approximate a cubit at 18 inches, but it is highly unlikely that 1 cubit = 18.0000 inches.

With that said, skeptics commonly use this passage to try to disprove the bible. An important thing to keep in mind that this passage was in no way trying to 'prove' the value of pi to begin with. It is a general description of an object, not intended to be a treatise on the estimation of pi.