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Weights and Measures of the Bible

A gerah. 10 gerah = 1 bekah. 2 bekahs I shekel 60 shekels = I maneh = = 5° manehs = I talent WEIGHTS.

Avoirdupois. lbs. Ozs. drs. - - 0.439 Troy. lbs. ozs. dwt. grs. - I2 - - - 2 O 4.39 8.78 14.628 = 5 5 o = IO o = 2 6 o 102 13 11.428 = 125 Ο Ο MEASURES.

SCRIPTURE LONG MEASURE REDUCED TO ENGLISH LONG MEASURE. ft. in. ft. in.

A digit or finger. - 0.912 4 cubits = 1 fathom. 7 3.552 4 digits = I palm -- 3.648 1.5 fathoms - 1 reed IO 11.328 3 palms = I span - 10.944 13.3 reeds = 1 line. 145 11.04 2 spans = I cubit I 9.888 SCRIPTURE LAND MEASURE REDUCED TO ENGLISH LAND MEASURE. A cubit. - 400 cubits = I furlong. 5 furlongs = 1 Sabbath day's journey 66 IO " = I mile. 66 24 = I day's journey Eng. miles. paces. ft. - 145 - 727 1.824 4.6 3.0 I 399 I.O 33 76 4.0 SCRIPTURE LIQUID MEASURE REDUCED TO ENGLISH WINE MEASURE. A Caph, 1.3 = A Log,. 5.3 = 4 = A Cab. 16 12- 3 A Hin, = 24 = 6 = 2 A Seah, = 72 = = = = 6 = 3 = A Bath, Ephen, or Firkin,. = = = 10 = A Kor, Choros, or Homer, Gal. Pints. 0.625 Ο 0.833 Ο 3.333 I 2 SCRIPTURE DRY MEASURE REDUCED TO ENGLISH CORN MEASURE A Gachal,. = 120 = 20 = A Cab, 1.8 = 36 6 360 18 1800 = 90 = 3600 = 180 = = = An Omer, or Gomer,. 3.3 = 10 = An Ephah, A Seah,. 3 = 50 = 15 = 100 = 30 = 10 = Bush. Pks. Gal.

Pints.

Ο o O 0.141 Ο Ο Ο 2.833 Ο o Ο 5.1 o I Ο I 3 O 3 4 Ο O O A Homer, or Kor, 8 O o I .. 5 = A Letech, . 2 = The above tables will explain many texts in the Bible, especially those which are placed within brackets. Instance: Isaiah v. 10, "Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah." This curse upon covetous man was that 10 acres of vines should produce only 7 gallons of wine, and that 32 pecks of seed should only bring forth a crop of 3 pecks, or that the harvest should produce only one-tenth of the seed sown.