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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 “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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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was approx. 6 gal. or 23 l
  3. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit one
  4. Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
  5. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit its measure
  6. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  7. Ezekiel 45:12 A gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm
  8. Ezekiel 45:12 Or mina