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(The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time)
DRY
1. A bushel, about a peck Matthew 5:15 · Mark 4:21 · Luke 11:33
2. A cab, or kab, about two quarts 2 Kings 6:25
3. A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels 1 Kings 4:22 · 1 Kings 5:11 · 2 Chronicles 2:10 · 2 Chronicles 27:5 · Ezra 7:22
4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half Exodus 16:36 · Leviticus 5:11 · Leviticus 6:20 · Leviticus 19:36 · Numbers 5:15 · Numbers 28:5 · Judges 6:19 · Ruth 2:17 · 1 Samuel 1:24 · 1 Samuel 17:17 · Isaiah 5:10 · Ezekiel 45:10,11,13,24 · Ezekiel 46:5,7,11,14 · Amos 8:5 · Zechariah 5:6-10
5. A half-homer, about five and a half bushels Hosea 3:2
6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs Leviticus 27:16 · Numbers 11:32 · Isaiah 5:10 · Ezekiel 45:11-14 · Hosea 3:2
7. An omer, about one bushel Exodus 16:16,18
8. A seah, about a peck and a half Genesis 18:6 · 1 Samuel 25:18 · 1 Kings 18:32 · 2 Kings 7:1,16,18
9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah Exodus 29:40 · Leviticus 14:10,21 · Leviticus 23:13,17 · Leviticus 24:5 · Numbers 15:4,6,9 · Numbers 28:9,12,13,20,21,29 · Numbers 29:3,4,9,10,14,15
LIQUID
1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half 1 Kings 7:26,38 · 2 Chronicles 2:10 · 2 Chronicles 4:5 · Ezra 7:22 · Isaiah 5:10 · Ezekiel 45:10,11,14 · Luke 16:6
2. A firkin, nearly nine gallons John 2:6
3. A hin, about a gallon and a half Exodus 29:40 · Exodus 30:24 · Leviticus 19:36 · Leviticus 23:13 · Numbers 15:4-10 · Numbers 28:5,7,14 · Ezekiel 4:11
4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin Leviticus 14:10,12,15,21,24
See also: Weights
LINEAR
1. A finger Jeremiah 52:21
2. A handbreadth Exodus 25:25 · Exodus 37:12 · 1 Kings 7:26 · 2 Chronicles 4:5 · Psalms 39:5 · Ezekiel 40:5,43 · Ezekiel 43:13
3. A span Exodus 28:16 · 1 Samuel 17:4 · Isaiah 40:12 · Isaiah 48:13 · Lamentations 2:20 · Ezekiel 43:13
4. A cubit, the length of a man's forearm
See also: Cubit
5. A reed, probably six cubits Ezekiel 40:5
6. A fathom Acts 27:28
7. A pace 2 Samuel 6:13
8. A furlong Luke 24:13
9. A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile Matthew 5:41
10. A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces Acts 1:12
MUST BE JUST Leviticus 19:35,36 · Deuteronomy 25:13-16 · Proverbs 11:1 · Proverbs 16:11 · Proverbs 20:10,23 · Hosea 12:7-9 · Micah 6:10-12
See also: Dishonesty
See also: Integrity
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.