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# five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high
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You may convert these to modern measures. Alternate translation: "two and one-third meters long, two and one-third meters wide, and one and one-half meters high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])
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# he spread out his hands toward the heavens
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Solomon lifted up his hands and held them high as he knelt on the platform to pray. Spreading out his hands toward the heavens was a way of showing that he was praying to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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