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# five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high
You may convert these to modern measures. Alternate translation: "two and one-third meters long, two and one-third meters wide, and one and one-half meters high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bdistance]])
# he spread out his hands toward the heavens
Solomon lifted up his hands and held them high as he knelt on the platform to pray. Spreading out his hands toward the heavens was a way of showing that he was praying to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction]])