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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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Footnotes

  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.

Weights and Measures

10 “You shall have honest balances, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.[a](A) 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one-tenth of a homer and the ephah one-tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall make a mina for you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 45.10 A Heb measure of volume