Many biblical weights and measures are given in round figures or whole numbers. When they are converted to modern equivalents, the resulting figures will often have one or two decimal places. This can give the modern reader the impression of a measurement that is more precise than was actually the case. To avoid this, it is recommended that numbers be rounded off as much as possible to the same number of significant figures as was the case in the original text. The “significant” figures are the digits other than the place holding zeros in a given measurement; for example, if the original measurement is 40, it has one significant figure, that is, one digit followed by a zero in a two-digit number. If the conversion of this measurement results in a modern equivalent of 189, rounding off to one significant figure would yield 200, that is, one digit followed by zeros in a three-digit number. We may take an example from LUK 24:13, where the distance is given as 60 stadia in the Greek text. The number 60 has one significant figure. One stadion equals 607 feet, so 60 stadia are 6.9 miles. Rounding off 6.9 miles to one significant figure would mean a translation of “7 miles” (so RSVGNT).