If the Ark of Noah was 300 cubits long: How long would it be in meters/ yards/ feet?Assume cubit is the length
Come on you can do the arithmetic. Gen 6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. This is considered to be the best ratio of sizes for ship. If 1 cubit = 24 inches 300 cubit = 600 feet = 200 yards = 183 meters. Problem is that a cubit is usually considered to be about 18 inches. You must have used a Philistine cubit instead of an Israeli one. :-)
How big is a biblical Cubit of measurement.?
Good question. There are quite a few "cubits" around, two of which appear in the Bible. The first is the common cubit which was about 17.5 inches long, while the less common long cubit was about 20.4 inches long. This latter cubit is mentioned in Ezek 40:5. If you are interested in Noah's Ark, using the 17.5 inch cubit, it would have been around 437.5 ft long, 72.9 inches wide, and 43.8 feet high. It had a surface area of 95700 sq ft, a cubic volume of 1,396,000 cu ft, and an approximate displacement of 20,000 tons.
Math question: How many miles long is a cubit?
The length of a cubit in ancient times varied since it is based on the length from elbow to middle fingertip and those dimensions are not all the same for people. My "cubit" is 21 inches long for example but I'm 6' 2" tall and perhaps taller than some ancient people. Some cultures like Egypt, etc..adopted a standard size based on the arm length of a pharaoh or other king but that also differed between cultures. Some adopted longer or shorter versions which could vary by a few inches. So the Ark dimensions may be slightly bigger than what is usually accepted based on the length of a longer Hebrew Cubit. "The actual length of a cubit varied between different ancient groups of people. Here are some samples from Egypt, Babylon, and ancient Israel: Hebrew Short: 17.5in Egyptian: 17.6in Common: 18in Babylonian Royal: 19.8in Hebrew Long: 20.4in Egyptian Royal: 20.6in https://arkencounter.com/noahs-ark/cubit... https://answersingenesis.org/noahs-ark/h... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit
Is the Bible fact or fiction?
It needs to be understood that the Bible is not there to be practiced identically, because you would never be able to do that. It is there to get the deeper meaning of the stories (moral of the stories), so that you can see where you need to change your mind and life. The Torah ends with the Book of Malachi, and there are 130 more writings that were not canonized in the New Testament. Of course, you would have to study from a scholarly view to see how it was developed. Many on this site will act you like they are a real authority about everything. Scholars are people who can read one or more of the ancient languages in which the Books of the Bible were written - Hebrew, Aramaic, or Ancient Greek. If a person does not have his/her Ph.D. in some advanced related area, I would consider him/her a weak authority on interpreting the Bible. Many people have their Post-Docs in Anthropology, Greek, Hebrew, History, Biblical Studies, etc... who do that. Read and study the Bible with some formal instruction from a non-religious related institution and professors so that you may understand that it is an educational tool by itself. Many people teach it as a form of literature alone; it is very interesting. I just completed this last school year at a public university, where I studied Ancient Hebrew History and Biblical Interpretation and then New Testament History and also Philosophy. It might help if you have studied Philosophy and Metaphysics before or simultaneously with your Bible studies - they are all interrelated. I will clue you in: there is no hell, no heaven, no physical God, no devil or satan, etc.... Largely, the laymen who have attempted to shape church doctrines around something which they do not understand have given the Bible a bad rap. It is a book of morals, because every person, place, animal, incident, etc... represents a state or stage of consciousness that we either have had or will have on our way to returning to that "Garden of Eden" (kingdom of heaven) - not a physical place.
How big was Noah’s Ark (in metres or feet, not cubits) and how long did it take to build?
God gave the measurements in cubits (roughly the average distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger or about 17 ½ inches)300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high = 437 ft 6 in. × 72 ft 11 in. × 43 ft 9 in (The ratio of 6 to 1 length to width is still used in modern shipbuilding because of its stability on the water.)How long did it take for Noah to build the Ark?It is impossible to pinpoint how long it took, but the Bible provides some clues which help narrow down a range of years it might have taken.God first states his intent to bring the flood 120 years in advance. However that is not when he told Noah to build the Ark, he did that at a later time.To find an approximate time you have to look at the ages the Bible gives for Noah and his son Shem.Genesis 5:2 says when Noah was 500 years his first son, (likely Jepheth) was born, the two years later his son Shem was born, the account does not tell us how long afterward Noah’s youngest son Ham was born.Genesis 6:32 NW — After Noah reached 500 years of age, he became father to Shem, Ham, and Jaʹpheth.The flood came 100 years later, when Noah was 600 years old.The age of one son, Shem, is given when he had a son two years after the flood, he was then 100 years old.Genesis 11:10 NW — This is the history of Shem. Shem was 100 years old when he became father to Arpachshad two years after the Flood.Noah’s sons and their wives helped him build and fill the Ark, so Noah’s three sons were mature men who had already married when they began building the Ark.Based on all of that it is likely that it took 40 or 50 years maybe longer to build the ark.