We’re
looking for the specs God supplied Noah when commissioning the ark…
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| Indian teak |
“The end of all flesh
is come before me….look I will destroy them with the earth” “Make
an ark (tebah: a box) of ‘gopher’ wood…”
[‘No problem
there’, Noah would think.]
Gopher
wood was quite possibly INDIAN TEAK (Tectona grandis) – the best shipbuilding
timber being: strong, durable, resistant to water, rot & insect invasion – and
yes, used in Ancient Babylon.
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| With rooms... |
“…rooms shall you make
in the ark…”
[‘Ah, that’s
a bigger box than I was expecting’, thinks Noah]
“…pitch it within and
without with pitch…”
[Noah can
handle this – ‘Okay, just make a big water-proof box for a home, to withstand
any bad weather’]
Did you know?....‘pitch’ comes from the same Hebrew word for ‘atonement’ or covering: kopher.
“…the length: 300
cubits…”
[Yes Noah,
you heard right! – 300 cubits, that’s about 137 metres long!]
“…the breadth: 50
cubits and the height: 30 cubits…”
[‘Whoa! This
will be huge!’]
Yes
Noah… about 137m long, 23m wide and 14m high
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| 3 decks |
[‘Fair
enough - it will need some light and ventilation’]
“…and the door of the
ark shall you set in the side thereof…”
[‘Just one
door?...what! no back door?’]
What would Health & Safety
have to say about that!
“…with lower, second
and third stories shall you make it…”
[‘This aint
just a box, it’s a multi-story apartment block!’]
“…look I, even I, will
bring a flood of waters upon the earth…”
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| Cross-sectional model |
[‘Uhh!...
this is supposed to float?? This is getting serious!’]
“…to destroy all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven and everything that is in the
earth shall die.”
Get to it,
Noah!
While he gets started let’s see if
God got those proportions right…Click on:
http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/3-was-noahs-ark-stable.html
Modelling by Noel Deed, Port Macquarie NSW
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