Biblical weights and measures

Old Testament Weights and Measures
Weights
Type of Weight	Old Testament Measure (approximate equivalent)	Imperial Measure (approx. equivalent)	Metric Measure (approx. equivalent)	Biblical References
Bekah	Half-shekel, 10 gerahs	0.22 oz	6.2 g	Exodus 38:26
Dram	Hebrew: adarkon lit, a handful of drachmae or darics	0.31 oz	8.8 g	1st Chr 29:7, Ezra 2:69, Ezra 8:27, Ne 7:70-72
Gerah	1/20 of a shekel	0.022 oz	0.62 g	Exodus 30:13, Lev 27:25, Num 3:47, Num 18:16 Eze 45:12
Gerah	1/20 of a shekel	0.022 oz	3 kg	Ex 30:13, Lev 27:25, Num 3:47, Num 18:16 Eze 45:12
Pound	Heb. mnah 300 shekels	6.6 lbs	0.62 g	1 King 10.17, Ezra 2:69, Neh 7:71-72
Shekel	20 gerahs 2 bekahs	0.44 oz	12.4 g	Gen 23:15-16, Exo 21:32
Shekel of the sanctuary		0.5 oz	14.2 g	Exodus 38:24-25, Lev 27:3-7, Num 7:13-14, Num 18:16
Shekel after the king's weight		Unk; entire weight estimated to have been about 6 lbs / 2.7 kg.		2 Sam 14:26
Talent	Heb. kikar 3,000 shekels	66 lbs.	30 kg	Exodus 25:39, Exodus 37:24, Exodus 38:24-25, 1 King 9:14, 28, 2 King 5:5, 22-23
Lengths
Type of Length	Old Testament Measure (approximate equivalent)	Imperial Measure (approx. equivalent)	Metric Measure (approx. equivalent)	Biblical References
Cubit	Heb. ammah 2 spans from elbow to fingertip	17.5 inches	445 mm	Gen 6:15-16, Exo 26:28
Royal cubit	2 spans plus 1 handbreadth	20.5 inches	521 mm	2 Chr 3:3, Eze 40:5
Handbreadth	Heb. tophach width of hand at the base	3 inches	76 mm	Exo 37:12, 2 Chr 4:5, Ps 39:5
Reed	Heb. qaneh 6 cubits	105 inches	2.67 meters	Eze 40:3, 5-8, Eze 41:8, Eze 42:16-19
Span	Heb. zereth width of outstretched hand 3 handbreadths	9 inches	229 mm	Exo 28:16, Exo 39:9, 1 Sam 17:4, Isa 40:12