10 You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah[a] and an accurate bath.[b] 11 The ephah and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both. 12 The shekel[c] is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure of capacity of about 22 litres.
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure of capacity of about 22 litres.
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 12 grams.
  4. Ezekiel 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 690 grams.