# General Information:

Yahweh continues to tell Moses what the people must do ([Exodus 25:1](../25/01.md)).

# five cubits long and five cubits wide

"2.2 meters long on each side" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bdistance]])

# The altar must be square and three cubits high

"The altar must be square and 1.3 meters high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bdistance]])

# cubits

A cubit is 46 centimeters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bdistance]])