Ezekiel 45:10-12
World English Bible
10 “You shall have just balances, a just ephah,[a] and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain one tenth of a homer,[b] and the ephah one tenth of a homer. Its measure shall be the same as the homer. 12 The shekel[c] shall be twenty gerahs.[d] Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[e]
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Ezekiel 45:10-12
International Standard Version
10 ‘You’re to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure,[a] and an honest liquid measure![b] 11 The ephah and the bath are to be of equal volume; that is, the bath is to contain one tenth of an omer and the ephah one tenth of an omer. The omer is to be the standard on which their volume measurement is to be based. 12 The shekel[c] is to weigh 20 gerahs. The mina[d] is to be comprised of three coins weighing[e] 20, 25, and fifteen shekels, respectively.’”
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- Ezekiel 45:10 Lit. honest ephah
- Ezekiel 45:10 Lit. bath
- Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
- Ezekiel 45:12 Or maneh; the Babylonian standard was equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, with a talent weighing about 75 pounds
- Ezekiel 45:12 The Heb. lacks comprised of three coins weighing
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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