10 “You are to have honest scales, an honest dry measure,[a] and an honest liquid measure.[b](A) 11 The dry measure[c] and the liquid measure[d] will be uniform, with the liquid measure containing 5½ gallons[e] and the dry measure holding half a bushel.[f] Their measurement will be a tenth of the standard larger capacity measure.[g] 12 The shekel[h] will weigh twenty gerahs.(B) Your mina will equal sixty shekels.

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  1. 45:10 Lit an honest ephah
  2. 45:10 Lit and an honest bath
  3. 45:11 Lit The ephah
  4. 45:11 Lit the bath
  5. 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer
  6. 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer
  7. 45:11 Lit be based on the homer
  8. 45:12 A shekel is about two-fifths of an ounce of silver

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