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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.

10 There shall be for you an honest set of scales[a] and an honest ephah[b] and an honest bath.[c] 11 The ephah and the bath shall be one unit of measurement;[d] the tenth part of the homer is the bath, and the tenth of the homer is the ephah; so the homer shall be its[e] unit of measurement. 12 And the shekel shall weigh twenty gerahs, twenty shekels[f] and five and twenty shekels[g] and ten and five shekels,[h] that shall make the mina for you.[i]

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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 Literally “a set of scales of justice/honesty”
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 Literally “an ephah of honesty”
  3. Ezekiel 45:10 Literally “a bath of honesty”; a bath is a liquid measure
  4. Ezekiel 45:11 Or “shall be the same size”
  5. Ezekiel 45:11 Or “the”
  6. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  7. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  8. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  9. Ezekiel 45:12 Meaning of Hebrew uncertain