Sabbath Days' Journeys to Miles (sabbath to mi)

1 Sabbath day's journey equals 0.6710808876 miles (rounded).

1 Sabbath day's journey = 0.6710808876 miles

How to convert Sabbath days' journeys to miles

To convert Sabbath days' journeys to miles, multiply the number of Sabbath days' journeys by 0.6710808876. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply miles by 1.490133333 (rounded).

miles = Sabbath days' journeys × 0.6710808876

Example: 10 Sabbath days' journeys = 6.710808876 miles.

Approximate value. Standards for the Sabbath day's journey varied by place and period, so this converter uses the most commonly cited value. Treat results as estimates, not exact figures.

About these units

Sabbath Day's Journey (sabbath)

Biblical (Hebrew)Historical unit (no longer in standard use)Approximate value

About 2,000 cubits (roughly 1.08 km), the distance a person could walk on the Sabbath according to rabbinic tradition.

Jewish law limits how far a person may travel from a town on the Sabbath, and that limit is the techum shabbat. It is set at 2,000 cubits beyond the settlement boundary, the same distance known as a biblical mile. The phrase Sabbath day's journey is the traditional English name, and the distance was also used to measure the spacing of towns in the Herodian era, for instance Sepphoris to Tiberias at 18 such miles.

The metric value depends on the cubit chosen. Taking a cubit of 46 to 60 cm gives a range of about 960 m to 1,152 m, and the figure used here, about 1.08 km, comes from the 54 cm rabbinic cubit. That is about two thirds of an English statute mile, or roughly six Greek stadia. Most authorities reckon it at about 18 minutes of walking, while Maimonides gave 20 to 24 minutes. An eruv techumin can add a second mile to the permitted limit.

1 Sabbath day's journey = 1,080 meters (approximately).

Sources: Wikipedia: Sabbath day's journey (biblical mile); Wikipedia: Cubit

Mile (mi)

US & ImperialCurrent unit

5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, exactly 1,609.344 meters. This is the statute (international) mile used on US and UK roads.

A thousand paces gave the mile its name. It descends from the Latin mille passus, the Roman mile, by way of Old English mil and Middle English myle. For centuries after Rome, miles of many lengths coexisted; a sixteenth-century Mercator map, for example, shows small, medium and large Flemish miles on a single scale bar. The English statute mile was fixed by an Act of Parliament under Elizabeth I in 1593, which declared that a mile contains eight furlongs, or 5,280 feet.

The 1959 international yard and pound agreement made that mile exactly 1,609.344 meters. A slightly longer US survey mile, about 1,609.347 meters, lingered in American land surveys and was slated for retirement from 1 January 2023. Today the mile is the road unit of the United Kingdom, the United States, Liberia and Myanmar, along with several territories such as the Bahamas, Belize, Guam and the US Virgin Islands. In Canada it survives chiefly in rail transport and horse racing.

1 mile = 1,609.344 meters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Mile; Wikipedia: Foot (unit); NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8: conversion factors

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