# measuring line

a string or a rope that people use to measure longer distances

# one thousand cubits

Each long cubit was about 54 centimeters. AT: "1,000 cubits" or "about 540 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# a river that could not be crossed

This can be translated in active form. AT: "a river that no one could cross on foot" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])