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+# Cubit
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+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. 
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+There was also a “long cubit” which was about the same length as 54 centimeters.