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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What’s a cubit?


8 posted on 10/14/2010 10:21:55 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
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To: IYAS9YAS

A cubit is a length measurement used by Israel in the Old Testament days. It is half a yard.


12 posted on 10/14/2010 10:31:02 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: IYAS9YAS

“What’s a cubit?”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit


14 posted on 10/14/2010 11:18:05 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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about 18 inches...

Think 1 foot 6 inches for each cubit 1 1/2

so 200 cubits would be 300 feet...


17 posted on 10/14/2010 11:40:11 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: IYAS9YAS

about 18 inches...

Think 1 foot 6 inches for each cubit 1 1/2

so 200 cubits would be 300 feet...


18 posted on 10/14/2010 11:40:22 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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