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11 The ephah and the bath shall be one unit of measurement;[a] the tenth part of the homer is the bath, and the tenth of the homer is the ephah; so the homer shall be its[b] unit of measurement. 12 And the shekel shall weigh twenty gerahs, twenty shekels[c] and five and twenty shekels[d] and ten and five shekels,[e] that shall make the mina for you.[f]

13 This is the contribution offering which you shall present: a sixth of the ephah from a[g] homer of wheat, and a[h] sixth of the ephah from a[i] homer of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:11 Or “shall be the same size”
  2. Ezekiel 45:11 Or “the”
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  4. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  5. Ezekiel 45:12 Hebrew “shekel”
  6. Ezekiel 45:12 Meaning of Hebrew uncertain
  7. Ezekiel 45:13 Or “each”; literally “the”
  8. Ezekiel 45:13 Literally “the”
  9. Ezekiel 45:13 Literally “the”

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