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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  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 Use only honest weights and scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid.[a] 11 The homer[b] will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath[c] will each measure one-tenth of a homer. 12 The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel.[d] One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.[e]

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  1. 45:10 Hebrew Use honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.
  2. 45:11a The homer measures about 50 gallons or 220 liters.
  3. 45:11b The ephah is a dry measure; the bath is a liquid measure.
  4. 45:12a The shekel weighs about 0.4 ounces or 11 grams.
  5. 45:12b Elsewhere the mina is equated to 50 shekels.