MILE, Milliare, a Measure of Length, containing a Thousand Paces, and three Miles make a League. The French League is two Thousand and five hundred geometrical Paces [which is something more than two and half English Miles.] Eight Stadia or Furlongs make a Mile. Our Saviour tells us, that if we are constrained to go a Mile, we should go Matth. v. 41.two. The Romans commonly measured by Miles, and the Greeks by Furlongs. The Furlong was an hundred and twenty five Paces, and the Pace five Feet. The ancient Hebrews had neither Miles, Furlongs, nor Feet, but only the Cubit, the Reed, and the Line. The Rabbins make Use of Miles; they make a Mile to consist of two Thousand Cubits, and four Miles make a Parasang. See M. Reland Palest. l. ii. c. 1. p. 396, 397. See also the Table of Hebrew Measures.
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