What Does the Bible Say About Common Length And Height Measurements?

1 Samuel 17:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

1 Kings 6:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

Exodus 25:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

Revelation 21:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal.

Ezekiel 40:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.

2 Chronicles 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

These are Solomon's measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

2 Samuel 21:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

Deuteronomy 3:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

(For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)

Exodus 27:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Genesis 6:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

10 Bible Verses about Common Length And Height Measurements

1 Samuel 17:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Kings 6:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 25:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 40:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 21:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 3:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 27:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 6:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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10 Bible Verses about Common Length And Height Measurements

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1 Samuel 17:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Kings 6:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 25:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 40:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 21:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 3:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 27:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 6:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes