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10 “You shall have just balances, a just ephah,[a] and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain one tenth of a homer,[b] and the ephah one tenth of a homer. Its measure shall be the same as the homer. 12 The shekel[c] shall be twenty gerahs.[d] Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[e]

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  1. 45:10 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
  2. 45:11 1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
  3. 45:12 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
  4. 45:12 a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
  5. 45:12 A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds.

10 “You shall have (A)accurate balances, an accurate [a](B)ephah, and an accurate [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)homer, and the ephah a tenth of a [d]homer; [e]their standard shall be according to the homer. 12 And the (E)shekel shall be twenty (F)gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.

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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a dry measure, about 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a liquid measure, about 6 gallons or 23 liters
  3. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit one
  4. Ezekiel 45:11 About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters
  5. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit its measure