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Measure

Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source

• (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 5:15Mark 4:21Luke 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 4:221 Kings 5:112 Chronicles 2:102 Chronicles 27:5Ezra 7:22
• 4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half Exodus 16:36Leviticus 5:11Leviticus 6:20Leviticus 19:36Numbers 5:15Numbers 28:5Judges 6:19Ruth 2:171 Samuel 1:241 Samuel 17:17Isaiah 5:10Ezekiel 45:10Ezekiel 45:11Ezekiel 45:13Ezekiel 45:24Ezekiel 46:5Ezekiel 46:7Ezekiel 46:11Ezekiel 46:14Amos 8:5Zechariah 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 27:16Numbers 11:32Isaiah 5:10Ezekiel 45:11–14Hosea 3:2
• 7. An omer, about one bushel Exodus 16:16Exodus 16:18
• 8. A seah, about a peck and a half Genesis 18:61 Samuel 25:181 Kings 18:322 Kings 7:12 Kings 7:162 Kings 7:18
• 9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah Exodus 29:40Leviticus 14:10Leviticus 14:21Leviticus 23:13Leviticus 23:17Leviticus 24:5Numbers 15:4Numbers 15:6Numbers 15:9Numbers 28:9Numbers 28:12Numbers 28:13Numbers 28:20Numbers 28:21Numbers 28:29Numbers 29:3Numbers 29:4Numbers 29:9Numbers 29:10Numbers 29:14Numbers 29:15
• LIQUID
• 1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half 1 Kings 7:261 Kings 7:382 Chronicles 2:102 Chronicles 4:5Ezra 7:22Isaiah 5:10Ezekiel 45:10Ezekiel 45:11Ezekiel 45:14Luke 16:6
• 2. A firkin, nearly nine gallons John 2:6
• 3. A hin, about a gallon and a half Exodus 29:40Exodus 30:24Leviticus 19:36Leviticus 23:13Numbers 15:4–10Numbers 28:5Numbers 28:7Numbers 28:14Ezekiel 4:11
• 4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin Leviticus 14:10Leviticus 14:12Leviticus 14:15Leviticus 14:21Leviticus 14:24
• See Weights
• LINEAR
• 1. A finger Jeremiah 52:21
• 2. A handbreadth Exodus 25:25Exodus 37:121 Kings 7:262 Chronicles 4:5Psalms 39:5Ezekiel 40:5Ezekiel 40:43Ezekiel 43:13
• 3. A span Exodus 28:161 Samuel 17:4Isaiah 40:12Isaiah 48:13Lamentations 2:20Ezekiel 43:13
• 4. A cubit, the length of a man's forearm
• See 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 19:35Leviticus 19:36Deuteronomy 25:13–16Proverbs 11:1Proverbs 16:11Proverbs 20:10Proverbs 20:23Hosea 12:7–9Micah 6:10–12
• See Dishonesty
• See Integrity