<P> The Near Eastern or Biblical cubit is usually estimated as approximately 457 mm ( 18 in ) . Epiphanius of Salamis , in his treatise On Weights and Measures , describes how it was customary , in his day , to take the measurement of the biblical cubit : `` The cubit is a measure , but it is taken from the measure of the forearm . For the part from the elbow to the wrist and the palm of the hand is called the cubit , the middle finger of the cubit measure being also extended at the same time and there being added below ( it ) the span , that is , of the hand , taken all together . '' </P>
<P> The Near Eastern or Biblical cubit is usually estimated as approximately 457 mm ( 18 in ) . Epiphanius of Salamis , in his treatise On Weights and Measures , describes how it was customary , in his day , to take the measurement of the biblical cubit : `` The cubit is a measure , but it is taken from the measure of the forearm . For the part from the elbow to the wrist and the palm of the hand is called the cubit , the middle finger of the cubit measure being also extended at the same time and there being added below ( it ) the span , that is , of the hand , taken all together . '' </P>
what is the measurement of a cubit in the bible
what is the measurement of a cubit in the bible
approximately 457 mm ( 18 in )
approximately 457 mm ( 18 in )