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10 There shall be for you an honest set of scales[a] and an honest ephah[b] and an honest bath.[c] 11 The ephah and the bath shall be one unit of measurement;[d] the tenth part of the homer is the bath, and the tenth of the homer is the ephah; so the homer shall be its[e] unit of measurement. 12 And the shekel shall weigh twenty gerahs, twenty shekels[f] and five and twenty shekels[g] and ten and five shekels,[h] that shall make the mina for you.[i]

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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 Literally “a set of scales of justice/honesty”
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 Literally “an ephah of honesty”
  3. Ezekiel 45:10 Literally “a bath of honesty”; a bath is a liquid measure
  4. Ezekiel 45:11 Or “shall be the same size”
  5. Ezekiel 45:11 Or “the”
  6. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  7. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  8. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  9. Ezekiel 45:12 Meaning of Hebrew uncertain

10 ‘You’re to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure,[a] and an honest liquid measure![b] 11 The ephah and the bath are to be of equal volume; that is, the bath is to contain one tenth of an omer and the ephah one tenth of an omer. The omer is to be the standard on which their volume measurement is to be based. 12 The shekel[c] is to weigh 20 gerahs. The mina[d] is to be comprised of three coins weighing[e] 20, 25, and fifteen shekels, respectively.’”

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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 Lit. honest ephah
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 Lit. bath
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
  4. Ezekiel 45:12 Or maneh; the Babylonian standard was equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, with a talent weighing about 75 pounds
  5. Ezekiel 45:12 The Heb. lacks comprised of three coins weighing