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]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
  4. 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.

10 “You are to have honest scales, an honest dry measure,[a] and an honest liquid measure.[b](A) 11 The dry measure[c] and the liquid measure[d] will be uniform, with the liquid measure containing 5½ gallons[e] and the dry measure holding half a bushel.[f] Their measurement will be a tenth of the standard larger capacity measure.[g] 12 The shekel[h] will weigh twenty gerahs.(B) Your mina will equal sixty shekels.

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Footnotes

  1. 45:10 Lit an honest ephah
  2. 45:10 Lit and an honest bath
  3. 45:11 Lit The ephah
  4. 45:11 Lit the bath
  5. 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer
  6. 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer
  7. 45:11 Lit be based on the homer
  8. 45:12 A shekel is about two-fifths of an ounce of silver

10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

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