Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lewis Reich" <LBR AT sprynet.com>]

On 11 Aug 98, at 16:28, RHutchin AT aol.com wrote:

 
> Q - Does the Hebrew text of v 23 support the reading that the inside 
> diameter
> of the molten sea is being described or does it require that we read the 
> verse
> as in v 15 to be the outside diameter of the molten sea?  Is the Hebrew text
> equivalent in each case?

I would suggest that the text in these cases is not aiming to be 
geometrically 
precise, or to give precise construction dimensions, but merely to impress 
the 
reader with the size of the items described.  For that purpose, 
approximations 
are more than sufficient.

Lewis Reich
LBR AT sprynet.com