There are many places in the Bible where math is used. Think about it. Here's one, Noah's Ark! The animals came two by two! Noah had to use math to know exactly how big to make the ark. He made it just big enough for all the animals.
Noah made the ark 300 cubits (450 feet) in length. It was 50 cubits (75 feet) in width, and 30 cubits (45 feet) in height. People believe that back in Bible times a cubit was a man's arm from elbow to fingertips. So normally a cubit was about 18 inches.
The Bible is one based, not zero based. Zero is not used in the bible. This is because neither the Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, or Romans used zero. The chapters in the Bible start with one instead of zero. In Bible times,if a child was 3 months old and someone asked the mother how old the baby was she would say, "one."
In the Bible they say things like once Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. Or, in the 7th year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem 40 years. They don't tell you when someone does something, you have to figure it out.
People also used math to build King Soloman's Pool. It was 10 cubits in distance, 5 cubits in height, and its circumference, or distance around, was 30 cubits. Priests used this pool to bathe before entering a holy place.
The Ark of the Covenant used math too. It was 2.5 cubits long and 1.5 wide and high. The temple the ark was in was 500 cubits by 500 cubits.
The Days of Creation. How many days were there? Six. Six days of creating and 1 day of resting. How many commandments were there? Ten. Ten Commandments.
That's a lot of math in the Bible, but guess what? There's even more, just waiting to be discovered! For more about math in the Bible, check out a fabulous book............the Bible!
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