\p \v=5 \v~=\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w measuring|strong="H7070"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 40:5 \ft A normal cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A handbreadth is about 4.3 inches or 11 centimeters, so the long cubit described here would be about 22.3 inches or 57 centimeters long. Thus, a 6 long cubit measuring reed would have been about 3 yards 26.6 inches or about 3.42 meters long.\f* \w long|strong="H2948"\w*, \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w width|strong="H7341"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w*. \w So|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w thickness|strong="H7341"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w building|strong="H1146"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w*; \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w height|strong="H6967"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w*. \¬v \¬p