Ezekiel 45:10-12

Honest Scales

10 You must use honest scales, a just ephah, ^[a] and a just bath. ^{[b] 1}

11 The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both. ^[c]

12 The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. ^[d] Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina. ^[e]

Ezekiel 45:10-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 45

This chapter treats of the division of the land in future time, and the persons and uses for which it is to be made; one part being for the sanctuary, and the priests that serve in it, and for their houses for them to dwell in, Eze 45:1-4, another for the Levites and their chambers, Eze 45:5, and another for the city, for the Israelites in common, Eze 45:6, and the last for the prince; and of the situation and extent of it, Eze 45:7,8 and of the righteous administration of civil government in the time of the spiritual reign of Christ, in abstinence from violence and exactions, and doing justice, for which orders and directions are given, Eze 45:9-12, then of the oblations of the people of the land, Eze 45:13-16, and next of those that are to be prepared by the prince, Eze 45:17, and the times of the offering of them, at the beginning of the year, on the feasts of the passover and tabernacles, Eze 45:18-25, the rules for which are so different from the Mosaic law, as show the abrogation of that; and that all this is to be understood in a spiritual and evangelic sense.

Cross References

• 1. (Deuteronomy 25:13–16; Proverbs 11:1–3)

Footnotes

• [a] An ephah is a dry measure of approximately 20 dry quarts or 22 liters.
• [b] A bath was a liquid measure of approximately 5.8 gallons or 22 liters.
• [c] A homer was a dry measure of approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters; also in verses 13 and 14.
• [d] 20 gerahs is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams).
• [e] That is, 60 shekels total; elsewhere, the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels weighed approximately 1.5 pounds or 683.8 grams.