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wide a meaning as the word " ell," which varied from 27 to 54 

 inches ? 



The Lecturer replied that in Ezekiel xl, 5, the Vulgate gave the 

 same rendering as the Septuagint : " a reed of six cubits and a 

 handbreadth." In the present Hebrew text the word " cubit " was 

 used with two different values side by side. 



In the disputed passage, it had been his wish not so much to solve 

 the problem which the passage presented, as to point out that there 

 was a problem. As regards the expression in Ezekiel xli, 8, in our 

 Authorized Version, " great cubit," the word in the original could not 

 mean " great " ; the real meaning was unknown (cf. margin of Revised 

 Version, " six cubits to the joining "). The most difficult book in 

 the Bible from a textual point of view was the book of Ezekiel. 



The Chairman then proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Professor 

 Kennedy for his most valuable and informing lecture, and this was 

 passed by acclamation. 



The Meeting adjourned at 6 p.m. 



Note. — The Lecturer desires to express his grateful acknowledgment 

 of the courtesy of the Committee of the Palestine Exploration 

 Fund in permitting the use of their blocks to illustrate certain 

 of the weights referred to in the Lecture. 



