Ezekiel 45:10-12
Names of God Bible
10 You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures. 11 The dry and liquid measures must always be the same: The ephah and the bath should hold the same as one-tenth of a homer. The homer must be the standard measure.[a] 12 One shekel must weigh 20 gerahs. One mina must weigh 60 shekels.[b]
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- Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 60 gallons as a liquid measure or 6 bushels as a dry measure.
- Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was about four-tenths of an ounce.
Ezekiel 45:10-12
New International Version
10 You are to use accurate scales,(A) an accurate ephah[a](B) and an accurate bath.[b] 11 The ephah(C) 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.(D) Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[d]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
- Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.
- Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
- Ezekiel 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.
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