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11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same: The bath will contain a tenth of a homer,[a] and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. 12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels[b] will be a mina for you.

13 “‘This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley, 14 and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one-tenth of a bath from each cor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer);

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  1. Ezekiel 45:11 sn The homer was about 5 bushels as a dry measure and 55 gallons as a liquid measure.
  2. Ezekiel 45:12 tn Heb “twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels.”

11 The ephah(A) and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both. 12 The shekel[a] is to consist of twenty gerahs.(B) Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[b]

13 “‘This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah[c] from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah[d] from each homer of barley. 14 The prescribed portion of olive oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath[e] from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer).

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  1. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
  2. Ezekiel 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.
  3. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
  4. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
  5. Ezekiel 45:14 That is, about 2 1/2 quarts or about 2.2 liters