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

Weights and Measures

10 “You shall have honest balances, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.[a](A) 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one-tenth of a homer and the ephah one-tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall make a mina for you.(B)

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  1. 45.10 A Heb measure of volume