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11 The ephah and the bath shall be (A)of the same measure, (B)the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[a] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 (C)The shekel shall be twenty gerahs;[b] twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[c]

13 (D)“This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 litres
  2. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was about 2/5 of an ounce or 11 grams; a gerah was about 1/50 of an ounce or 0.6 gram
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram

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.

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Footnotes

  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