The basic subunit was the digit, doubtlessly a finger's breadth, of which there were 28 in the royal cubit. |
It seems a long way from the cubit of Noah's time to the metre of 1793 and the light ray of today. |
I saw likewise other fish about a cubit in length, that had heads like owls. |
At this height the statue would have measured between three and seven feet, depending on the length of the cubit. |
But the Ethiop cannot change his skin, nor can any man add a cubit to his stature. |
The basic measuring instrument was the cubit rod, the cubit being the length of the pharaoh's arm from his elbow to the tip of his fingers. |