10 “You must 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 will weigh 20 gerahs.(B) Your mina will equal 60 shekels.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:10 Lit an honest ephah
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 Lit and an honest bath
  3. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit the ephah
  4. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit the bath
  5. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer
  6. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer
  7. Ezekiel 45:11 Lit be [based] on the homer

10 You must use fair scales, a fair ephah,[a] and a fair bath.[b] 11 The ephah and the bath must be the same size. Both should be calibrated to the homer: each will contain one-tenth of a homer. 12 The shekel must weigh twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels will equal one maneh for you.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:10 One ephah is approximately twenty quarts of grain.
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 One bath is approximately twenty quarts of liquid.