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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 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.