16 “If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer[a] of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:16 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but (A)to God.”

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34 (A)There was not a needy person among them, for (B)as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold 35 and (C)laid it at the apostles' feet, and (D)it was distributed to each as any had need. 36 Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means (E)son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, 37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and (F)laid it at the apostles' feet.

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So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a (A)homer and a lethech[a] of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; a lethech was about 3 bushels or 110 liters

11 The ephah and the bath shall be (A)of the same measure, (B)the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[a] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 (C)The shekel shall be twenty gerahs;[b] twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[c]

13 (D)“This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley, 14 and as the fixed portion of oil, measured in baths, one tenth of a bath from each cor[d] (the cor, like the homer, contains (E)ten baths).[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  2. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
  4. Ezekiel 45:14 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  5. Ezekiel 45:14 See Vulgate; Hebrew (ten baths are a homer, for ten baths are a homer)

10 (A)For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
    and a (B)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
  2. Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters

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