1. Re: (Fwd) Pi
Arthur Adamson wrote:
> Hi, Ferlin. I am one of your Euphoria Pals and I need help. Is the
> following true? Thanks, Art
>
> Governor Guy Hunt says he will sign it into law on Wednesday.
Hi Arthur:
First of all Guy Hunt is not the current Governor of Alabama.
> "We need to return to some absolutes in our society," he said,
> "the Bible does not say that the font was thirty-something cubits.
> Plain reading says thirty cubits. Period."
>
Following is a definition for Cubit as giving in Easton's Dictionary:
Heb. 'ammah; i.e., "mother of the arm," the fore-arm, is a word
derived from the Latin cubitus, the lower arm. It is difficult
to determine the exact length of this measure, from the
uncertainty whether it included the entire length from the elbow
to the tip of the longest finger, or only from the elbow to the
root of the hand at the wrist. The probability is that the
longer was the original cubit. The common computation as to the
length of the cubit makes it 20.24 inches for the ordinary
cubit, and 21.888 inches for the sacred one. This is the same as
the Egyptian measurements.
A rod or staff the measure of a cubit is called in Judg. 3:16
gomed, which literally means a "cut," something "cut off." The
LXX. and Vulgate render it "span."
1Ki:7:23: And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other:
it
was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits
did compass it round about.
No need for EUPHORIA programers to worry about changing calculations in
thier programs.
If we take the 20.24 inches and multiply that by the 30 cubits we get 607.2000
only going out 4 decimal places. Then we take the 607.2000 inches and divide
that by 12 we get 50.6000 feet. Now if we take the 50.6000 feet and divide that
by pi (if it were 3.0000) we would end up with 16.8666 and so on, therefore
creating an irrational number.
On the other hand if we used the 21.888 inches per cubit, we would do the same
thing with it 21.888 * 30.0000 = 656.6400. Then 656.6400 \ 12 = 54.7200
feet. 54.7200 \ 3.0000 = 18.2400. Thus giving a rational number.
IMHO this being the case I would think of the hand and fingers as NOT being
part of the lower arm, since they operate seperatly. (i.e. you grasp with your
fingers and enclosed hand, indepent from your lower arm.) Therefore, I would
most likely go with the 20.24 inches per cubit.
Later:
+ + + Rev. Ferlin Scarborough - Centreville, Alabama. U.S.A
