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10 In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley,[a] 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.[b]

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  1. 2:10a Hebrew 20,000 cors [4,400 kiloliters] of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley.
  2. 2:10b Hebrew 20,000 baths [420 kiloliters] of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.

11 In return, Solomon sent him an annual payment of 100,000 bushels[a] of wheat for his household and 110,000 gallons[b] of pure olive oil.

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  1. 5:11a Hebrew 20,000 cors [4,400 kiloliters].
  2. 5:11b As in Greek version, which reads 20,000 baths [420 kiloliters] (see also 2 Chr 2:10); Hebrew reads 20 cors, about 1,000 gallons or 4.4 kiloliters in volume.

Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those who are in authority.

Love Fulfills God’s Requirements

Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.

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Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.

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22 You are to give him up to 7,500 pounds[a] of silver, 500 bushels[b] of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of olive oil,[c] and an unlimited supply of salt.

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  1. 7:22a Aramaic 100 talents [3,400 kilograms].
  2. 7:22b Aramaic 100 cors [22 kiloliters].
  3. 7:22c Aramaic 100 baths [2.1 kiloliters] of wine, 100 baths of olive oil.

38 Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons[a] of water.

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  1. 7:38 Hebrew 40 baths [840 liters].

26 The walls of the Sea were about three inches[a] thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons[b] of water.

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  1. 7:26a Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters].
  2. 7:26b Hebrew 2,000 baths [42 kiloliters].

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