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Biblical weights and measures (view source)
Revision as of 21:10, July 22, 2025
, 21:10, July 22, 2025Old Testament table completed
| <center>0.5 liter</center>
| <center>0.5 liter</center>
| [[Leviticus, Chapter 14|Lev 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24]]
| [[Leviticus, Chapter 14|Lev 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24]]
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!colspan="5" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: tan no-repeat scroll top left;"|Dry Measures
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! width="200" | Type of dry measure
! width="200" | Old Testament Measure<br/>(approximate equivalent)
! width="200" | Imperial Measure<br/>(approx. equivalent)
! width="200" | Metric Measure<br/>(approx. equivalent)
! width="300" | Biblical References
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| Cab
| <center>4 logs</center>
| <center>3.5 pints</center>
| <center>2 liters</center>
| [[2nd Kings, Chapter 6|2 Ki 6:25]]
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| Ephah
| <center>10 omers</center>
| <center>0.95 bushels</center>
| <center>34 liters</center>
| [[Exodus, Chapter 16|Exo 16:36]], [[Leviticus, Chapter 5|Lev 5:11]], [[Leviticus, Chapter 6|Lev 6:20]], [[Leviticus, Chapter 9|Lev 19:36]], [[Numbers, Chapter 5|Num 5:15]], [[Numbers, Chapter 28|Num 28:5]], [[Ruth, Chapter 2|Ruth 2:17]]
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| Homer
| <center>10 ephahs</center>
| <center>9.5 bushels</center>
| <center>340 liters</center>
| [[Leviticus, Chapter 27|Lev 27:16]], [[Numbers, Chapter 11|Num 11:32]], [[Isaiah, Chapter 5|Isa 5:10]], [[Ezekiel, Chapter 45|Ruth 45:11,13]], [[Hosea, Chapter 3|Hos 3:2]]
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| Measure
| <center>Heb: ''seah''<br/>6 cabs</center>
| <center>20 pints</center>
| <center>11 liters</center>
| [[2nd Kings, Chapter 7|2 Ki 7:1,16,18]]
|-
| Omer
| <center>7 logs<br/>10% of an ephah</center>
| <center>6.5 pints</center>
| <center>3.6 liters</center>
| [[Exodus, Chapter 16|Exo 16:16,18,32,33,36]]
|-
!colspan="5" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: tan no-repeat scroll top left;"|Money
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! width="200" | Type of money
! width="200" | Hebrew name used
! width="200" | U.S. dollar value<br/>(approx. equivalent)
! width="200" | British pound value<br/>(approx. equivalent)
! width="300" | Biblical References
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| Piece of money
| <center>Heb: ''qsitah''<ref>called "pieces of silver" in [[Job, Chapter 42|Job 42:11]]</ref></center>
| <center>$ 0.64</center>
| <center>£ 0.43</center>
| [[Genesis, Chapter 33|Gen 33:19]], [[Joshua, Chapter 24|Jos 24:32]]
|-
| Piece of silver
| <center>Heb: ''keseph''</center>
| <center>$ 0.26</center>
| <center>£ 0.17</center>
| [[Genesis, Chapter 20|Gen 20:16]]
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| Shekel
| <center>Heb: ''shekel''</center>
| <center>$ 0.16</center>
| <center>£ 0.11</center>
| [[Exodus, Chapter 30|Exo 30:15]], [[Leviticus, Chapter 5|Lev 5:15]]
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| Talent
| <center>Heb: ''kikar''<br/>"circle"<ref>a reference to the shape of the talent itself, and not the weight</ref></center>
| <center>substantial<ref>Both dollar and pound amounts are unknown due to the approximate weight of the talent, which was estimated to be about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms</ref></center>
| <center>substantial</center>
| [[Exodus, Chapter 25|Exo 25:39]], [[1st Kings, Chapter 9|1 Kings 9:14]]
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