And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named (A)Goliath of (B)Gath, whose height was six[a] cubits[b] and a span.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:4 Hebrew; Septuagint, Dead Sea Scroll and Josephus four
  2. 1 Samuel 17:4 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

23 And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits[a] tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear (A)like a weaver's beam, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:23 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards[a] off.

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  1. John 21:8 Greek two hundred cubits; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits[a] by (A)human measurement, which is also (B)an angel's measurement.

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  1. Revelation 21:17 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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