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Does the Bible say Pi = 3?

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Let us consider the details given in 1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2. These are:

1. The diameter of 10 cubits was measured ‘from brim to brim’ (v. 23), i.e. from the topmost point of the brim on one side to the topmost point of the brim on the other side (points A and B in the diagram).

1. The circumference of 30 cubits was measured with a line, ‘round about’ (v. 23), i.e. the most natural meaning of these words is that they refer to the circumference of the outside of the main body of the tank, measured by a string pulled tightly around the vessel below the brim. It is very obvious that the diameter of the main body of the tank was less than the diameter of the top of the brim. And it is also obvious that the circumference of 30 cubits could have been measured at any point down the vertical sides of the vessel, below the brim. For a measured circumference of 30 cubits, we can calculate what the external diameter of the vessel would have been at that point from the formula:

diameter = circumference ÷ pi

=30 cubits ÷ 3.14

=9.55 cubits.

Thus the external diameter of the vessel at the point where the circumference was measured must have been 9.55 cubits.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Don't look for religion in science books, or for science in religious books.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    If this is a question, then the answer is "no". The Bible doesn't mention pi or any calculations involving pi.

    If you mean "Does the Bible IMPLY that pi = 3?" then the answer is trivial and not very interesting.

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