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Example sentences for "twenty cubits"

  • And he measured its length, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, before the hall of the temple.

  • And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side; and he measured its length, forty cubits; and its width, twenty cubits.

  • And there was a porch before the temple, of twenty cubits in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits in breadth, before the face of the temple.

  • And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars, with as many sockets.

  • And the porch in the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits: and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

  • And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  • And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

  • But the inmost part of the temple of all was of twenty cubits.

  • And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits.

  • Entering by the outer door on the east, we come first to the vestibule, which is twenty cubits broad (north to south) by twelve cubits east to west.

  • Next to this is the hall or "palace" (hekal), twenty cubits by forty.

  • The inner sanctuary, Oracle, or Holy of Holies, in the Tabernacle was cubical and measured ten cubits each way; in the Temple this sacred enclosure was a cube of twenty cubits.

  • The Holy Place was forty by twenty cubits, as in the Temple of Zerubbabel, but its height was increased to forty cubits.

  • Thus the ground plan of the Tabernacle covered thirty-five by twenty cubits, and that of the Temple seventy cubits by forty.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    carry burdens; first care; forgiving sins; fugitives from; library economy; other troops; stack arms; twenty acres; twenty drops; twenty feet; twenty four; twenty grains; twenty guns; twenty inches; twenty leagues; twenty marks; twenty million; twenty millions; twenty pound; twenty pounds; twenty sous; twenty times; twenty yards; wages were; who looked; yellowish colour