10 cubits across and 30 cubits around

There are so many things in the Bible that have been proven wrong that for you to say that is bearing false witness.Pi=3 anyone?

Eta Carinae, The bible does have an example supporting 3.14 is pi, meaning of course its talking about the inside of the vessel, the thickness was a handsbreath thick, so the outside circumference of the vessel would still of been 31.4 cubits, though the entire measurement of height would of been 5 cubits, showing the entire verse is not in conflict with pi, unless your assuming 5 cubits was the height of the inside of the vessel, but the verse doesn't support this assertion, the vessel was 5 cubits high, if you looking at it sitting on top of the pillar, it had to give the 5 cubit measure, so you knew how deep to dig the molding, and to have the inside measurement of the molding, so you have all the measurements necessary to make the molding, etc...P.S. It appears though that the height of the inside of the vessel was 5 cubits minus the handswidth thickness, up to the top of the brim, which supports when the vessel was full to the bottom of the brim, it contained 2,000 bath waters, and when it was filled to top of the brim to overflowing, it contained 3,000 bath waters, etc...kjv 1Ki 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: [it was] round all about, and his height [was] five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.kjv 1Ki 7:26 And it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

My belief is that they just rounded off the number, which is a normal human tendency. Imagine saying that the vessel was 10 cubits in diameter and 31.4 cubits around. Are there numbers with decimals anywhere in the Bible? For me, 30 cubits is good enough since having an accurate account of the circumference of a vessel has nothing to do with the theology of the Bible. Of course, using creationist math and logic I could claim that pi was different in the past and make up an ad hoc hypothesis to prove it.

Good point, they kept the measurements without decimal points, 10 cubits would of been the outside dimensions, and the inside circumference would of been 30 cubits, though we can calculate what the inside diameter would of been, it was 9.55 cubits, the bible interestingly is actually supporting pi, because the measurements don't conflict, etc...P.S. 9.55 divided by 2 = 4.777 cubits high, the inside of the vessel, minus the height of the brim, to account for the 2,000 bath waters, and to the top of the brim to account for the 3,000 bath waters, etc...

I am having trouble with this interpretation. First off, a rounding would go to 31 and not 30 as there is no reason to impose a decimal count rounding ... if it said something like a "decacubit" across and 3 around I might be so convinced. What measure are we using for the cubit, 20"? and a span is 9"? If the OD is 10 cubits it is 200" across and the ID is 200-2x9 = 182" ... you need to take the span off each end of the OD ... 30 cubits is 600" and inside circumference is 182pi = 571" while the outside circumference is 200pi = 628" ... either way you are out over 1 cubit in the measurement. The only interpretation is that the 3:1 ratio is implied, whether they are rough measures or one inside and one outside (what nonsense ...?)

AbbyLeever, I'm kinda going with the sacred cubit = 25 inches, if the outside diameter is 10 cubits, and the inside diameter is 9.55 cubits calculated from the inside circumference, thats a difference of .45 cubits, multiply .45 times 25 inches = 11.25 inches divided by 2 = 5.625 inches = one handswidth, however, didn't find a measurement for a handswidth by doing a google search, just assuming its going to be around 5.625 inches for the thickness of the vessel, etc...

There were several cubits of different magnitudes that were used. In Egypt, the common cubit was the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger (about 18 inches / 46 cm). It was divided into the span of the hand (one-half cubit), the palm or width of the hand (one sixth), and the digit or width of a finger (one twenty-fourth).Because one person's forearm tended to be a different length to the next person's, a standardised Royal Master Cubit, or Sacred Cubit, was cut in granite. This was 7 palms or 28 digits long, and was used in the construction of buildings and monuments (such as the pyramids) and in surveying.