Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Yigal,

RICHARD N. OSTLING's original aritcle cited both the ark 
and the temple as well as Ezekial's vision of the Temple 
area.

The point is the same however for a legendary wooden box of 
300 cubits or Solomon's historical temple of 60 cubits or 
Ezekial's imaginary temple precint; a cubit does not need 
to be standardized to useful.  So long as the same arm is 
being used on a particular project, that is all that 
matters.  That Noah's cubit would have been different from 
the the cubit of Hiram's carpenters and masons is of not 
the slightest consequence to either project on a practical 
level.  They work just as well whether their cubits match 
or not.   

Jack Tladatsi