Pi and the Bible

Grog · Post by **Grog** » 2003-02-02 09:12am

I heard somewhere that there is somewhere in the bible where it says that pi is 3. Can someone post the verse or whatever it is called where it is please.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-02-02 10:44am

KJV wrote:And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
-- 1 Kings 7:23

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-02-02 10:50am

also remember if you want to sink to that levle

Pi R Round
Corn Bread is Square

Artanis · Post by **Artanis** » 2003-02-02 10:57am

*Credits Operation CWAL as his sig's source*

edit: credit for original source of my sig

Grog · Post by **Grog** » 2003-02-02 01:04pm

Sir Sirius wrote:
KJV wrote:And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
-- 1 Kings 7:23

thanks and is the he god or someone else?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-02 02:24pm

Grog wrote:
Sir Sirius wrote:
KJV wrote:And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
-- 1 Kings 7:23

thanks and is the he god or someone else?

It's the maker of the thing. Not God. I forget the name.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-02-02 02:44pm

Grog wrote:
Sir Sirius wrote:
KJV wrote:And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
-- 1 Kings 7:23
thanks and is the he god or someone else?

NP and 'he' is Hyram from either the tribe of Naphtali or the tribe of Dan, depending on do you take the word of 1 Kings 7:13-14 or 2 Chronicles 2:13-14 on the matter.

A bit more on the same topic. The "molten sea" is mentioned in 2 Chronicles as well.

KJV wrote:4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
...
4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
-- 2 Chronicles 4:2 and 5

Now compare that to the figure 1 Kings gives.

KJV wrote:7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
-- 1 Kings 7:26

BTW The Skeptic's Annotated Bible is a great place to check things like this out.