10“Have them make an ark25:10 That is, a chest of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.25:10 That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 17
10“Now they shall construct an 25:10 I.e., chestark of acacia wood 25:10 About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or 1.1 m and 68 cmtwo and a half cubits 25:10 Lit its lengthlong, one and a half cubits 25:10 Lit its widthwide, and one and a half cubits 25:10 Lit its heighthigh.
10“They shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half 25:10 Ancient measurements like the cubit were intended to be practical in that they usually were equivalent to something that was handy and readily available. The cubit was the distance from the elbow to the outstretched fingers, and the hand width (v 25)—as its name implies—was the width of the four fingers.cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
10And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.25:10 The ark was approximately 3.75 feet long, 2.25 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (114.3 centimeters long, 68.6 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high).