From: Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 19:20:56 EST
On Wed 29 Mar 2000 , klbarney@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> [If anyone is curious, my interest in this scripture is the fact that
> the LXX has the circumference at 33 cubits rather than the MT at 30.]
Maybe this has to do with the fact that the Greeks who discovered the ratio
PI knew it was not 3, but nearer 3.3, did not want their translation to
appear to be in factual error!
8-)
ERRWSQE
Ben
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