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This is how you shall make it. The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
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A Vessel of Epic Proportions
Commentators highlight the ark's massive size. While the exact length of a 'cubit' is debated (from 18 to over 21 inches), the ark was roughly 450-540 feet long. Scholars note it was the largest sea-going vessel of its kind until the massive metal ships of the late 19th century, demonstrating its incredible scale and God-given capacity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running paralle…
19th Century
Anglican
Cubits. —The cubit is the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. Additionally, as it was regarded as on…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this [is the fashion] which you shall make it of , &c.] The form and size of it, its length, breadth, and height…
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