Ezekiel 45:10-12
New English Translation
10 You must use just balances,[a] a just dry measure (an ephah),[b] and a just liquid measure (a bath).[c] 11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same: The bath will contain a tenth of a homer,[d] and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. 12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels[e] will be a mina for you.
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- Ezekiel 45:10 sn Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Mic 6:10-12.
- Ezekiel 45:10 tn Heb “ephah,” which was 1/2 bushel.
- Ezekiel 45:10 tn Heb “bath,” a liquid measure, was 5 1/2 gallons.
- Ezekiel 45:11 sn The homer was about 5 bushels as a dry measure and 55 gallons as a liquid measure.
- Ezekiel 45:12 tn Heb “twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels.”
Ezekiel 45:10-12
Legacy Standard Bible
10 “You shall have (A)just balances, a just [a](B)ephah, and a just [b](C)bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be [c]the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a [d](D)homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; [e]their standard shall be according to the homer. 12 And the [f](E)shekel shall be twenty [g](F)gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your [h]maneh.
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- Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
- Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was approx. 6 gal. or 23 l
- Ezekiel 45:11 Lit one
- Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
- Ezekiel 45:11 Lit its measure
- Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
- Ezekiel 45:12 A gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm
- Ezekiel 45:12 Or mina
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