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Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Measure'". "Nave's Topical Bible".. 1896.
- (The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time)
- DRY
- A bushel, about a peck
Matthew 5:15 ; Mark 4:21 ; Luke 11:33 - A cab, or kab, about two quarts
2 Kings 6:25 - A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels
1 Kings 4:22 ; 5:11 ; 2 Chronicles 2:10 ; 27:5 ; Ezra 7:22 - 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 ; 6:20 ; 19:36 ; Numbers 5:15 ; 28:5 ; Judges 6:19 ; Ruth 2:17 ; 1 Samuel 1:24 ; 17:17 ; Isaiah 5:10 ; Ezekiel 45:10 Ezekiel 45:11 Ezekiel 45:13 Ezekiel 45:24 ; Ezekiel 46:5 Ezekiel 46:7 Ezekiel 46:11 Ezekiel 46:14 ; Amos 8:5 ; Zechariah 5:6-10 - A half-homer, about five and a half bushels
Hosea 3:2 - 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 - An omer, about one bushel
Exodus 16:16 Exodus 16:18 - A seah, about a peck and a half
Genesis 18:6 ; 1 Samuel 25:18 ; 1 Kings 18:32 ; 2 Kings 7:1 2 Kings 7:16 2 Kings 7:18 - A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah
Exodus 29:40 ; Leviticus 14:10 Leviticus 14:21 ; Leviticus 23:13 Leviticus 23:17 ; 24:5 ; Numbers 15:4 Numbers 15:6 Numbers 15:9 ; Numbers 28:9 Numbers 28:12 Numbers 28:13 Numbers 28:20 Numbers 28:21 Numbers 28:29 ; Numbers 29:3 Numbers 29:4 Numbers 29:9 Numbers 29:10 Numbers 29:14 Numbers 29:15 - LIQUID
- A bath, about eight gallons and a half
1 Kings 7:26 1 Kings 7:38 ; 2 Chronicles 2:10 ; 4:5 ; Ezra 7:22 ; Isaiah 5:10 ; Ezekiel 45:10 Ezekiel 45:11 Ezekiel 45:14 ; Luke 16:6 - A firkin, nearly nine gallons
John 2:6 - A hin, about a gallon and a half
Exodus 29:40 ; 30:24 ; Leviticus 19:36 ; 23:13 ; Numbers 15:4-10 ; Numbers 28:5 Numbers 28:7 Numbers 28:14 ; Ezekiel 4:11 - A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin
Leviticus 14:10 Leviticus 14:12 Leviticus 14:15 Leviticus 14:21 Leviticus 14:24- See WEIGHTS
- LINEAR
- A finger
Jeremiah 52:21 - A handbreadth
Exodus 25:25 ; 37:12 ; 1 Kings 7:26 ; 2 Chronicles 4:5 ; Psalms 39:5 ; Ezekiel 40:5 Ezekiel 40:43 ; 43:13 - A span
Exodus 28:16 ; 1 Samuel 17:4 ; Isaiah 40:12 ; 48:13 ; Lamentations 2:20 ; Ezekiel 43:13 - A cubit, the length of a mans forearm
- See CUBIT
- A reed, probably six cubits
Ezekiel 40:5 - A fathom
Acts 27:28 - A pace
2 Samuel 6:13 - A furlong
Luke 24:13 - A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile
Matthew 5:41 - 10. A Sabbath days journey, two thousand paces
Acts 1:12 - MUST BE JUST
Leviticus 19:35 Leviticus 19:36 ; Deuteronomy 25:13-16 ; Proverbs 11:1 ; 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 Proverbs 20:23 ; Hosea 12:7-9 ; Micah 6:10-12- See DISHONESTY
- See INTEGRITY
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Measure'". "Nave's Topical Bible".