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Mile

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(From Lat. mille, "a thousand;" Matthew 5:41 ), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mile'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​m/mile.html. 1897.
 
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