From 4518900d0ecfd04f9523f8599070ec9372b92f70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 1LoisC Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:29:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'cubit.md' --- cubit.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cubit.md diff --git a/cubit.md b/cubit.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1616b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/cubit.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Cubit + +A cubit is something that was used during Bible times to measure how far something was from something else. One cubit was the length of a man’s forearm, that is, how far it was from his elbow to the tip of his longest finger. A cubit was about the same length as 46 centimeters. + +There was also a “long cubit” which was about the same length as 54 centimeters.