Ezekiel 45:10-12
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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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- 45.10 A Heb measure of volume
Ezekiel 45:10-12
International Standard Version
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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- Ezekiel 45:10 Lit. honest ephah
- Ezekiel 45:10 Lit. bath
- Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
- Ezekiel 45:12 Or maneh; the Babylonian standard was equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, with a talent weighing about 75 pounds
- Ezekiel 45:12 The Heb. lacks comprised of three coins weighing
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